Each week Reaction Weekend brings you Favourite Things – interviews with interesting people about the skills, hobbies, pleasures and past times that make them who they are.

Louise Hare is a London-based author. Her debut novel, This Lovely City, follows the story of a Jazz musician arriving in post-war London fresh off the Empire Windrush. This Lovely City is available now in hardback, eBook and Audio (HQ).

These are a few of her favourite things…