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.

A foolproof plan for not getting a job - show up for your interview wearing flip flops.

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

There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.

A bambiraptor is a savage baby dear.

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