Born 1958 in the UK, very different experience. Parents born 1930s, with pre-War traditions - stoicism and hard work, keep to your station in life.

Politics were Northern Ireland, Trade Unions, power cuts, the Winter of Discontent and eventually Thatcherism. Music was eclectic: Glam Rock, Disco, Punk, Two-Tone, New Romantic as the 70s marched into the '80s.

I tended to wear my hair long (still do). I was too hard-edged to be a hippie and too left-wing to be a yuppie.

Other things? Michael Moorcock, The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Dungeons and Dragons, early Terry Pratchett, records from Virgin played on Amstrad music systems, Sony Walkmans playing cassette tapes and Atari ST computers with GEM operating systems!