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.

It is a weird thing, because most people tend to get more conservative as they get older, but I find myself going the opposite way. I am sure that by the end I will be selling Marxist pamphlets on the Holloway Road.

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

British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.

I'm much more used to the TV shows, which are demanding to write and perform but very fulfilling.

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

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