{the boys}
daniel newman >> rock singer >>
disused middle name >> raphael
age >> 31
born >> hotbed of identity crises >> new york, new york
family >> miriam kesher newman {mother, estranged}, david carlisle newman {father, not so estranged}, ben elisha newman {brother}, jan parks {next of kin}
likes >> war films, victorian novels, a really good manicure, silk, the colour white
loves >> friends and family, good music esp. his own, lewis knightley
dislikes >> sore throats, heroin, other people flirting with lewis
current status >> short-haired, billionaire, co-habiting in nyc penthouse
lewis jeremy knightley >> classics graduate >>
age >> 27
born >> worcester >> england
family >> siobhán knightley née delaney, deceased {mother}, lord jeremy dewhurst knightley {father, estranged}, sarah maria knightley {sister}, sorcha delaney {first cousin-once-removed, best friend}
likes >> cello music, rugby, cricket, ancient greek, screwdrivers, jogging, new books, old books
secretly likes >> being called ‘baby’ by daniel newman
dislikes >> photographers, beer, inappropriate use of apostrophes
current status >> in love in new york
{the band}
gabriel chrysander barnes >> percussionist >>
occassionally >> amateur dramaturg
age >> 31
born >> palo alto >> california
brought up >> boston >> massachussetts
family >> amy hollins, avant-garde feminist playwright {mother}, robert ion barnes, greek scholar and actor {father}
likes >> daisies, the band, waterfalls, discovering things
dislikes >> air pollution, pythons, social inequality
current status >> picking japanese artwork to take back to nyc
jan parks >> bassist and woman of the world
real name >> jennifer teresa paretsky
age >> 31
born >> hicksville, new jersey, usa
family >> lilly paretksy née lilka mintz {beloved mother}, conrad paretsky, deceased {father}, jonathan paretsky {younger brother} , anthony paretsky {youngest brother}
extended family and best friend >> daniel newman
likes >> punk rock, silk underwear, curly hair
loves >> her home, william davis
dislikes >> leery men, brian’s girlfriends, insincerity
current status >> orchestrating her white wedding in bad grace, new york city
brian richard harris >> star guitarist
age >> 34
born >> poughkeepsie, new york
family >> pamela harris, sales executive {mother}, adrian harris, engineer {father}, winifred harris, deceased {younger sister}
item >> was a child prodigy and afternoon tv star playing hymns on GOD
likes >> sex, music, jan’s hair
dislikes >> institutionalised religion, tears, his family
current status >> self-detoxing vacation at his beachouse in bermuda
oakey >> co-lead guitarist and sound magician
full name >> james kingsley roanoke
age >> 36
born >> madison, wisconsin
family >> roseanne roanoake, retired kindergarten teacher {mother}, kingsley luther roanoake, record store salesman and jazz guitarist {father}, caroline ‘corinna’ chester, pop superstar {wife , divorced}, natasha kaia roanoake {daughter}, aaron james roanoake {son}
likes >> his state-of-the-art mixing desk, guitars, paris and london
dislikes >> band quarrels, fighting with corinna, chunky jewellery
current status >> single and mingling in new york city
elizabeth leona bishop >> velvet-gloved pugilist
also >> manager of arch
age >> 35
born >> pittsburgh, pennsylvania
family >> neil peter bishop, bank manager {father}, cathleen smith bishop, doctor {mother}
likes >> designerwear, bubble baths, plants, photography
loves >> rock music, her job
dislikes >> boybands, cellphones, bad press
current status >> busy and happy running after her arch-babies, new york city
{significant others; varying importance}
sorcha michelle delaney >> glorified secretary >>
age >> 30
born >> erinville hospital >> cork city >> ireland
family >> margaret delaney, matriarch, farmer {mother}, patrick delaney, deceased {father}, donncha delaney, farmer {brother}, daithí delaney, publican {brother}, oisín delaney, solicitor {brother}, lewis jeremy knightley {first-cousin-once-removed, honorary brother}
likes >> travelling, rock concerts, gabriel, jan
dislikes >> idiocy, unreliability, her own impatience
current status >> renting a large house in ballsbridge, ruling the roost at glór publishing house, happily single
geoffrey earnest dewhurst >> businessman and oxford graduate
also >> chancer of the highest order
age >> 27
born >> london, england
family >> captain earnest john dewhurst {father}, elizabeth mary dewhurst, retired teacher {mother}
likes >> cricket, drinking, girls
dislikes >> people giving him or his friends a hard time
current status >> eyeing up property in scotland
amanda jane henderson >> science graduate
age >> 25
born >> london, england
family >> derek henderson, scientist {father}, joanne henderson, housewife {mother}, david henderson, teacher {brother}
likes >> geoffrey, lewis, intelligent men, colourful cocktails
dislikes >> lies, being thought of as stupid
current status >> research lab, oxford (temporary)
{family; once and future}
sarah maria knightley >> lady-in-waiting
age >> 25
born >> worcester, england
family >> siobhán knightley née delaney, deceased {mother}, lord jeremy dewhurst knightley, m.i.a {father}, lewis jeremy knightley {brother}, daniel newman {brother}
likes >> clarity of thought, clear brush strokes, black and white movies
dislikes >> the dark, psychiatrists, crowds
current status >> seeing the light, new york
{family; once upon a time}
lord jeremy dewhurst knightley >> 22nd marquis of manorbourne
also >> misanthropist
age >> 65
born >> london, england
family >> matilda knightley, née janssen, {4th wife}, lewis jeremy knightley {son, estranged}, sarah maria knightley {daughter, absconded}
ex-wives >> jemima, née thompson {c. 1960s}, siobhán, née delaney {c. 1970s}, abigail, née d’arcy {c. early 1980s}
likes >> fox-hunting, scotch, cigars
dislikes >> homosexuals, left-wing newspapers
current status >> glowering at the daily mail in worcestershire
{incidentals; in the past}
carole wilder-hayes >> society wife, artist
age >> 25
born >> cambridgeshire, england
family >> james hayes, photographer {husband}, denis wilder {father}, sharon wilder {mother}, laurence wilder {big brother}, deborah wilder {little sister}
likes >> good taste, dinner parties, water colours
dislikes >> being wrong
current status >> large apartment, thameside
james bailey >> bookseller, bookbinder, bounder & cad
middle initial >> f >> for felix
age >> 42
born >> unknown
family >> unknown
likes >> new book smell, bookshops, bookshop owners
dislikes >> sticking around
current status >> co-habiting in london with younger man
michael karenin smithsson >> heartbreaker
also >> the muse who broke danny newman
age >> unknown
born >> presumably
appearance >> red-haired demi-god
likes >> MSG, hot baths, sex with danny, snow
dislikes >> work, poverty, official state historians
hates >> tricks that fuck up his hair
current status >> wanted by interpol
{the very secret diaries of fortinbras}
patrick frazier >> hollywood superstar
also >> irrepressible slut
born >> boston, massachusetts
family >> alice crampton {mother, deceased}, edward frazier {father, deceased}, fern dwyer, née crampton {aunt}, owen dwyer {uncle}
likes >> being a media darling, whiskey, sex, illicit drugs
dislikes >> the merest thought of coming out
current status >> living a life of excess on set
{thank you to lipstick for providing michael’s biography}