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.

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.

Sharing holiday snaps on social media is an act of arrogant vanity.

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.

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

It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you've asked them.

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