Now it’s only a couple of weeks left until the festival starts. There will be amusing discussions, a fantastic ball, a miscellaneous market, and much, much more. The most important aspect, however, are our guest – both you who buys a membership and sits in the audience, and our guests who partly will come a long way in order to participate in discussions and interviews. Round Christmas, we have already presented our guests of honour. Now we would like to continue with Nene Ormes, Elin Holmerin, Karin Tidbeck, Anders Blixt, and Steven Savile. So that there is even more for you to look forward to.

Something new in my life: Mouth organ. Some years ago, I’ve started to learn how to play the mouth organ (to my neighbours’ great horror), and until now, I have not finished. That is, learning.

Something I wish should come back from earlier times: Hats. Why do people so rarely wear hats nowadays? It’s the perfect way to show one’s personality, to make a point, and to round off an outfit.

Something that makes me grind my teeth: Simple grammatical mistakes in printed texts, people who don’t show directions in traffic, rudeness.

Something that gives me a warm feeling: Benevolence between strangers, people singing together (even though I use to cry then as well).

My favourite drink: Pina Colada, or Pimm’s! And water, of course, preferably the Swedish way, straight from the tap (and, as it happened at some memorable occasions, straight from the stream).

A crucial moment in my life: The first time I went into the huge pyramid in Gizeh. An immaculate feeling in a place I’ve read about and dreamt of since I was three years old. The climax of my unfulfilled career as an archeologist, I would say, and a moment when I was satisfied with living here and now, not wanting to be anywhere else.