I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.

I've been breastfeeding for two years. I could light the gas ring with my nipples.

I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't.

I thought I was funny as a kid. I used to play tricks on my brothers - I'd tie a two-shilling piece to a bit of cotton, then pull it away as they went to grab it.

I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.

I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.

I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was on the tube with a chainsaw looking for any likely candidate.