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.
Sophie Ellis BextorThe X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.
Sophie Ellis BextorI never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another.
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