Boy, the things I do for England.

We don't, in a sensible world, want to hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world to our grandchildren.

If your children want to alter society, listen to their reasons and the idealism behind them. Don't crush them with some clever remark straight away.

As human beings we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions; to judge people too quickly and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration of the actual facts and ideals of the period.

Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it.

Forests are the world's air-conditioning system-the lungs of the planet-and we are on the verge of switching it off.

While the demand for organic food outstrips supply, we happen to know that 77 percent of consumers don't want genetically engineered crops grown in this country. Consumers can choose whether or not to buy organic produce. Genetically modified ingredients will deny us choice in the long run.