| Victoria recently graduated from Manchester University with a degree in English Language and Literature. She’s currently working in advertising, starting to forge a career as a freelance writer and trying to improve her Scrabble score.
In her spare time, she enjoys watching Bette Davis and Marilyn Monroe films, collecting vintage clothing and promoting her club night, Killing Fantasy.
What building do you most associate with Didsbury?
My sister’s house… even though I now have my own flat in the village!
What is your favourite Didsbury pub?
The Famous Crown
What are your favourite films?
The Royal Tenenbaums, Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!, Cry Baby, Hairspray And Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
What are your favourite writers?
Angela Carter, Virginia Woolf, Alan Bennett, Oscar Wilde, Anais Nin, Henry Miller, DH Lawrence, Kathy Acker, Mary Gaitskill, Dennis Cooper…
What are your favourite albums?
Horses by Patti Smith, Cut by the Slits and The Boatman’s call by Nick Cave
Your best gig attended?
Patti Smith performing Horses in its entirety at the Royal Festival Hall
What’s the one place in the world you want to visit?
Graceland!
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