My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone.

The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.

As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.

I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass.