There were male colleges, and there were very few female colleges.

It's easy to get bogged down in bad news.

People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.

Which is strange - I've always thought of myself as someone who writes out of difficulty. And I did do that, but I came out on the side of light more often than not.

I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.

I had no idea that that was around in the family anywhere. Maybe it never was. But - so they broke the way for me, if you know what I mean. I have no idea where I got the idea from to do what I do. But I think they - Ian and Alistair, my brothers kind of opened a lot of doors for me onto the world - you know, made it seem to be a very, very interesting place.

Try not to cry too much because it can be pretty heart-breaking and pretty hard.