With a diplomat father, for whom foreign postings were a fact of life, my siblings and I were expected to attend boarding schools in Britain.

Why has everything got to be about feelings these days? In the old days, no one knew what anyone was feeling and, what's more, they weren't expected to.

There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures.

I cry at everything, even the length of the queue at Sainsbury's.

I don't subscribe to the 'Doctor Who' magazine and we've only got the normal amount of 'Doctor Who' fridge magnets.

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

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