The Queen - Life on Mars by David Bowie.  Wonderful atmospheric song.  Appropriate for the Queen.  She would almost certainly prefer any life found here to that found on earth!

Eileen and Jenny - Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.  Eileen has had to hide a lot of what she is and Jenny is learning to, particularly from Paul. The Kingdom will make them cry these tears at some point.  Right now it’s only succeeding in making them angry but the Queen’s dogmatism will have consequences.

Eileen and Hanastrew - I Get Around by the Beach Boys.  Apt for Eileen and Hanastrew. It's a pity they don't have a song called "I Get Around at Quite Incredible Speeds" as that would be even more appropriate.

Eileen, the Queen and the Witch - Hurt by Johnny Cash.  Eileen would claim this but the Queen has a better one, given the way she came to the fairy throne.  Eileen knows mother killed, is not clear over father whereas Queen does know both parents removed in dreadful fashion. The Witch also knows a certain amount of hurt as, unusually, she was close to her own mother, who was killed by the Queen's mother for rebellion.  The Fairy Kingdom is only too well aware how often history repeats itself and here from mother to daughter on both Witch and Queen sides the same mistakes are being made.

Eileen - Rebel, Rebel by David Bowie.  Sums Eileen up does it not?

Eileen - Come on, Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners.  The title’s apt for the Queen to Eileen.  The Queen wants Eileen to come to her senses.  The Queen’s in for a long wait.

Eileen or Jenny - Sweet Child of Mine by Guns and Roses.

Eileen (and later Hanastrew) - Live and Let Die by Wings is another anthem for Eileen.  Naturally she does the former, her enemies the latter! And Hanastrew follows in her mentor's footsteps with much more enthuasiasm than the villainous would like.

Jenny - Respect by Aretha Franklin - Jenny would like some! Knows how likely it is she’ll get her wish here!

Brankaresh - Devil Woman by Sir Cliff sums up Brankaresh’s attitude towards Eileen and the Witch.

Vile Kingdom Creatures - Creature from the Black Lagoon by Dave Edmunds for the Kingdom’s nastier creatures.  I also think of this as a sci-fi song as it is sung from the creature’s point of view with no sympathy for its victims!

Brankaresh - Goodbye Mr Good Guy again by Mr Edmunds - Brankaresh’s theme song if ever there was one.

Eileen and Hanastrew I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass by Nick Lowe - Eileen’s choice again.  Could also suit Hanastrew.

Derek - I Wanna Hold  Your Hand by the Beatles - this is for Derek relating to Eileen, though he likes holding other bits of her too.

The Witch - The Winner Takes It All by Abba - the Witch would like to sing this to the Queen but to date it’s a case of the other way round.

The Witch - I Want It All  by Queen.  Says it all really.

Whespy - What A Fool Believes by the Doobey Brothers - apt for his relationship with Isabel.

Stan -   The Joker  by the Steve Miller Band.

Isabel - I Want That Man by Debbie Harry (though it ought to be I want that sprite).  It’s a pity there isn’t a song called something like I’m Posh and know I am but I still Like a Bit of Rough. It doesn’t trip off the tongue but it sums her up well.

Hanastrew - Abracadbra by the Steve Miller Band.  She does do a lot of practical magic.  Sisters are Doing it for Themselves given she leads the fairy squad and admires the forthright attitude of Eileen.

Melanbury - Love Is All Around - the Wet Wet Wet version, particularly true for Melanbury after discovering the joys of elf sex with L’Evallier.  Also J’Te Aime, heavy breathing and all. 

L’Evallier - I’m A Believer  by the Monkees - true after discovering the joys of elf sex with Melanbury.

Roherum - Love Me For A Reason by the Osmonds. Roherum would like a love life instead of being “loved” in a general sense as the Kingdom’s national berk.

Derek Paige - Who’s That Girl  by the Eurythmics for when he first meets Eileen. 

I‘ve been thinking of songs that “belong” to my characters. it is a good way of making them seem real. 

Eileen - It’s My Life by Billy Joel.  This is her anthem, mainly for its chorus.  ‘I didn’t ask you to give me a a second chance.’  I can picture Eileen singing this loudly in the Queen’s face.

Jenny - It’s My Life by Bon Jovi.  Similar defiant stance to her mother towards the Queen but her song has a harder edge.  She would want something different from Billy Joel (even if she secretly liked him). Could It Be Magic by Take That would also be a good choice.

Fairy Queen, Roxannadrell - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic by the Police, I will Survive by Gloria Gaynor, Queen of Hearts by the wonderful Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe’s Cruel to be Kind.  My Prerogative by Bobby Brown would also suit her.

Brankaresh - Behind the Mask by Eric Clapton.  The title just sums the treacherous wizard up.

Brenebourne’s wildlife - a difficult choice?  No!  I can think of two!  Is there a Monster coming over the hill?  by Automatic and the Kaiser Chief’s I Predict a Riot are ideas for them.

It took Eileen a long time to get really used to life on Earth.  She read many books on human culture, history and so on and these things were useful but the following are the tips she herself has picked up over the years since her defection to marry Derek

The Lord of the Rings
Eileen wondered if this applied to Brankaresh given he liked wearing lots of magical jewellery (Eileen's always distrusted the stuff.  She feels magic is something you have or not and wearing a special necklace or whatever is just showing off.  Not only that if someone is capable of creating a malicious Ring of Power, all she knows is it's time for her to get her best wand out and head to where they are for a spot of magical troublemaker elimination).

The Lady and the Tramp
This was a nickname applied in the Fairy Kingdom to Eileen (always well dressed, even when out on a mission) and Fresdian (later Rose) who would often return from her nature walks looking as if she'd gone ten rounds with Mother Nature and lost badly. 

The Wizard of Oz
Eileen did NOT think this applied to the Australian version of Brankaresh but likes the story (and feels the wizard in the story is useless, a fault she would happily correct with the aim of her best wand and the right tone in voice to make the guy "buck his ideas up quickly or face the consequences").

It took Eileen a long time to get really used to life on Earth.  She read many books on human culture, history and so on and these things were useful but the following are the tips she herself has picked up over the years since her defection to marry Derek

Gardening
One of the finest lifestyle choices/hobbies/passion (delete as appropriate) and the only area in life where Derek easily outdoes Eileen in terms of how long he works at a time and how much he gets done.  Derek loves all plants, flowers particularly.  For Eileen, trees are the most marvellous thing.   Eileen loves the gardening programmes too (Derek does too but nothing but nothing beats actual gardening for him).  Eileen believes those who garden are generally more sympathetic to the idea of looking after the planet than those who don't.

Cooking
Eileen, in the Kingdom, never cooked.  Under her former name, Deamadrell, she enjoyed the finest meals (and without having to prepare them or clear up).  On Earth she cooks, using a gas fired Rayburn, and her roast dinners are something special.  Jenny also cooks well (cakes are her speciality).  Eileen believes that if you cook your food, you appreciate it more and that cooking should be treated as a fine art.

It took Eileen a long time to get really used to life on Earth.  She read many books on human culture, history and so on and these things were useful but the following are the tips she herself has picked up over the years since her defection to marry Derek

BBC Radio Comedy
Eileen adores this.  She loves Just a Minute for its word play and Clue for its jokes now she's got the hang of innuendo and how it works.  There is nothing like the BBC's output anywhere in the Kingdom (though Eileen concedes Roherum, for FNN, probably is doing his bit for comedy).  Eileen spends most evenings listening to the radio (especially if Derek's engrossed with his gardening TV shows).

TV Licence
Eileen doesn't object to this (she and Derek still have to pay for theirs) and indeed considers it good value but feels the licensing system should work both ways round.  That is, the programmers should be licensed to produce shows and they have to meet certain criteria.  Eileen sees this as a way of ensuring trash doesn't make it on air.  She can't understand how The Jeremy Kyle Show was ever commissioned.

The Proms and especially the Last Night
Eileen adores this (so does the Fairy Queen who tunes in quietly from her realm).  Eileen loves the music, copies the lady musicians' dresses (well those she likes the look of anyway) and the whole fun atmosphere of the Last Night.  Eileen can, and does, wave a flag and blow whistles with the best of them.  Derek sees this as his wife letting her hair down.  He doesn't realise that after having to kill dragons and foul fiends this kind of activity is very mild fare.

It took Eileen a long time to get really used to life on Earth.  She read many books on human culture, history and so on and these things were useful but the following are the tips she herself has picked up over the years since her defection to marry Derek

Amateur Acting
Eileen does not see the point of this at all but consoles herself with the thought most humans share that same attitude so she doesn't stick out as being different here.

Writing
Eileen fully approves of those who write stories or who compile collections as for her the proper place for tales is within two book covers and someone has to make that happen.  She does regularly curse those who are closing the libraries but regrettfully has had to tone down what she wishes on these people on the grounds that if she carried out what she really would like to do to them, it would make the headlines and she really doesn't want to draw attention to herself.  She does enjoy dreaming about what she would do if she could really let rip here though.  It involves several volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and a pained expression on the faces of the would-be "library assassins".

Spam
Eileen loathes both the meat and spam on computers.  She'd happily permanently destroy both.