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?

The defining problem of contemporary television is trust: Can you believe what you see on television, does television treat people fairly, is it healthy for society?

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

[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.

At last someone takes me seriously.

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?