Culture That Made Me: Paul Howard

From the Beatles to Only Fools and Horses, popular author Paul Howard tells Richard Fitzpatrick about some of his cultural touchstones.

Paul Howard wasn't always a keen reader but now would "read a hundred books a year." File picture.

The popular author of the Ross O'Caroll-Kelly Books tells Richard Fitzpatrick about his childhood memories watching pirate videos and discovering The Mamas and the Papas from television ads.

When we went to the library as kids the books I took home tended to be non-fiction books – about things like space and underwater exploration. I still have a preference for non-fiction over fiction. I probably read five non-fiction books for every novel.