I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.

I don't always want a big meal after work - just some crisps and wine!

I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.

I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.

Part of me misses the days when we have four channels in England and we were all talking about everything all the time.

Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate.

I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice.