Now I'm instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column.

I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education.

William Hague, the world's favourite hairline.

I have late onset ADHD. I take on too much and end up spinning plates, but its entertaining, and it helps you make quick connections if youre a comedian, if you have a brain that can dance around too much.

My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift.

It is almost impossible to say the name of Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawat without adding 'give a dog a bone'

Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.