As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women.

I believe, literally, in the God of the Old Testament, whom I understand as the Lord of the Jews and the Protestants. I'm a Christian Zionist, as well as a Christian feminist and a Christian socialist.

I have always voted Labour and I always will. I have got to have one stupid, bovine part of me and that's the part that votes Labour.

Being a monarchist - saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another - is just as warped and strange as being a racist.

What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?

When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.