The idea of a tax on the ownership of a television belongs in the 1950s. Why not tax people for owning a washing machine to fund the manufacture of Persil?

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

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you?

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.

[Cycling] is easily the quickest way around central London, faster than bus, Tube or taxi. You can predict precisely how long every journey will take, regardless of traffic jams, Tube strikes or leaves on the line. It provides excellent exercise. It does not pollute the atmosphere. It does not clog up the streets.

It's stupid to have a simple-minded view.

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