My first meeting with you only confirmed what I first suspected. You are a fraud, a charlatan and a shyster. My favourite kind of person, in fact.

Better sexy and racy Than sexist and racist

But an Adrian also knew that an Adrian's lies were real: they were lived and felt and acted out as thoroughly as another man's truths - if other men had truths - and he believed it possible that this last lie might see him through to the grave.

It's now very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'.

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

I have always been an impassioned advocate for the works of Shakespeare. I regard him as one of the most complete miracles of his or any other age.

Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.