I've been visiting Thailand for more than 20 years but didn't fall in love with it until I visited Phuket Town in Phuket. The northern part of Phuket is one of the most fascinating places I've ever been, and largely unspoilt and unknown.

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.

It can't always be a honeymoon

to love means to realize there is a time to let the beloved one go

Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.

Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky, we are aware of happiness when it is actually happening.

I think airports are places of huge human drama. The more I see of it, the more I am convinced that Heathrow is a secret city, with its own history, folklore and mythology. But what has surprised me is the love the people who work there feel for the place. Everyone seems to think they are plugged into something majestic.