Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting.

I just don't understand how you can not be concerned about your appearance. From time to time I'm vilified as the person who cares about the look of a teapot - and it's not that I believe my taste is superior , I just can not believe that other people don't care.

My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.

If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political.

It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things.

Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.

That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.