Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy.

When you have a kid, money matters.

You have to give kids from ordinary families a ladder. You have to show them there's a way out.

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

If someone does something illegal on Twitter - like incite hatred, or make racist remarks, or threaten to rip someone's intestines out if they insult Justin Bieber - then there has to be some way of censuring them.

I have found having my dad as my North Star has worked well for me.

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.