The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance.

About every four years, someone says to me, "I've got a friend who looks exactly like you." What can you say to this?

Obviously I am not bothered about men's fashion - is anyone, apart from Jonathan Ross?

I like doing things I haven't learnt about yet. I've always been interested in art, and I love doing art.

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.

An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.

Reading the play at home, however fulfilling, can never be the vivacious experience that Shakespeare intended.