It's when you find your life is at its lowest point that you discover who your friends truly are.

Dangermouse has a detatched, five bedroom pillarbox in Mayfair - surely that's rather extravagant for a secret agent.

So I am not at all interested in this whole 'she-shed' thing, I love my 'man-cave' - after all, cave is much more sturdy than a shed and there is always a chance that it's the entrance to Batman's secret hideout.

In the constant pursuit of perfection, junk food will always be a rather painful stumbling block

Advice for a long and happy life - never tell a writer you have fixed their work. Ever.

Well, I am more partial to a semicolon myself.

Your vile and bitter diatribes only serve to show how vile and bitter you must be.

In the pursuit of knowledge, no one should travel alone

My level of excitement is above cricket proportions

The boat from India was a crowded place; all long sea voyages on boats feel crowded. When you are stuck at sea for weeks there is nowhere to escape from people.