G. S. Beard

Lincolnshire author

My all time favourite five reads are ...

1. Flying Colours - CS Forester
2. Hornblower and the Hotspur - CS Forester
3. Ramage - Dudley Pope
4. Biggles Flies South - Captain WE Johns
5. An Eye of the Fleet - Richard Woodman

My favourite word is ...

• Presumably
  
  (Find the meaning in the Oxford English Dictionary)

My favourite book from my childhood was ...

• Flying Colours by CS Forester

The last thing I read before answering these questions was ...

• BBC website sport page

My favourite place to read would be ...

• Sofa at home

If I could only read one last thing in my life it would be ...

• My own obituary