I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.
What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'
My one remaining professional ambition is to read the shipping forecast. I live in hope.
Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the independence monument and they start having fish on them.
Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.
Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings.