The thing I'd really like to see is the old London Bridge, with all the old buildings around it like Shakespeare's Globe. I'd like to walk along that. Don't worry, I won't get drunk and fall in.

I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football.

I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a year and read four.

I liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space.

I dont drive around London much. Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.

I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs.

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.