Illustrator Mark Hill: ‘Ghibli movies always give me a sense of wonder I rarely get anymore as an adult’

Dubliner Mark Hill is an illustrator who has teamed up with writer Kieran Fanning to present Haunted Ireland , a collection of spooky stories from every county in Ireland, published by Gill. BOOK: The Lord of the Rings I recently read Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (this really blew my mind, everyone should read it) and The Mercy of Gods by James SA Corey (I’m a big fan of the Expanse series and this is in the same vein). I’m now rereading The Lord of the Rings , my favourite book of all time.

I’ve read it about eight times now and every time I discover something new.​ FILM: The Batman The Batman by Matt Reeves was the last film I watched – brilliant. He really creates a wonderful, dark atmosphere.

Before that, From Up on Poppy Hill by Studio Ghibli, another wonderful film. Ghibli movies always give me a sense of wonder I rarely get anymore as an adult.​ Illustrator Mark Hill is a horror fan MUSIC: Crosby, Stills and Nash I just got my 1970s hi-fi sound system restored so I’ve been listening to a lot of 1970s classic rock, jazz, classical and folk music to really test the whole system.

Crosby, Stills and Nash, Neil Young, Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters, AC/DC, Miles Davis, Django Reinhardt, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles, Holst the Planets, Arcade Fire, Gotye...

I really could keep going. I went to see Arcade Fire in concert last month and I’m a regular at Big Romance on a Sunday, to listen to live jazz with Organ Freeman an.