I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.

With torture ,as with making love, foreplay is the all important factor

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a time when I would forget it, or it would be in the past as anything else might be - no, it's there every day of my life.

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

What I have found is that real friends stand by you.