From @Averly's questions:

1. Probably BBC.
2. My parents get the Daily Fail, so there's that.
3. My parents, jointly. They have very firm ideas about ethics and morality; while we don't always agree, I formed my opinions from them.
4. About half an hour ago in categorising my books!
5. Getting the wrong level -- going too complex or not complex enough.
6. Curiosity.
7. I will someday read all my books.
8. Rosalind Franklin should have got a Nobel.
9. THE GOBLIN EMPEROR, by Katherine Addison.