I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags.

The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that's about it.

I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags.

The outfits come and go but there is a constant that I like about the catwalk model: the snotty expression.

The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Welsh rarebit - and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up.

I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob of play-dough.

Every generation of children has its private hero.