Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'

I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at 1:00 and ended a week later in Monte Carlo.

It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket.

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

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

After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo.

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.