The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you’re trying to say and express.

I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the 80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her policies helped modernise Britain.

Magnum photographers were meant to go out as a crusade ... to places like famine and war and ... I went out and went round the corner to the local supermarket because this to me is the front line.

Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary.

Photographs are interpretations of reality; as such, it is entirely subjective. Most photos are taken with an agenda, to sell something or to make a subject look better than it really is. Think of family snapshots - everyone is smiling and happy.

The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you’re trying to say and express.

I am not a huge follower of music and tend to like one CD and play it to death, usually when I am washing up.