I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored.

Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.

I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world.

Yes, being educated is definitely an advantage. But having said that, I've met so many people in life who haven't done very well at school but who are still really bright.

Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.

When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say.

Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.