You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'

You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry, Henry VIII, Merry England, the Blitz

Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty.

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.

I've seen the Pokémon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.