The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

I have neither the learning nor the experience to know whether the doomsayers are right about the human causes of climate change. But I am willing to acknowledge that people who know a lot more than I do may be right when they claim that it is the consequence of our own behaviour. I assume that this is why the BBC's coverage of the issue abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago.

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

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.

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.

Television bosses should stop insulting the public's intelligence by assuming we are all idiots.