A day in Afghanistan is like a week at home.

Oh yeah, I'm an Essex boy and proud of it.

I really hate people who feel their private lives should be paraded, and there are magazines like 'Hello!,' 'OK' and 'Bella' totally devoted to this.

When I was an actor, I was part of a team, which I loved. You are a part inside something which is larger.

I read a lot of research notes about the countries I visit, and my mum and dad bought me a Kindle, but I'm still getting to grips with it. I prefer paper books.

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

The one thing that I'm absolutely sure about is that the people of Gaza aren't going anywhere. And neither are the people of Israel.