I've always felt myself to be an outsider. I've always felt awkward.

Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there?

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.

I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.

At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don't leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery.

The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced

I find it odd that people take me seriously.