The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted.

I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.

If there's one thing I know, it's this - everybody thinks somebody else is having a better life.

The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted.

I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time.

I don't think I've got the expertise with which to nit-pick, and I freely admit that my motivation to support charities has been emotional, rather than as a result of being particularly well informed as to how the money is used.

There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know.