I don't think I've got bad taste. I've got no taste.

I don't think I've got bad taste. I've got no taste.

For many students, it's their first real taste of doing what's a piece of real research, and the idea of discovering something new has a strong motivational effect.

Forty freaked me out. I didn't see it coming. My life was in a state of chaos - I was moving jobs and moving house - and it just hit me like a ton of bricks.

Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch.

Where I get bored is when I show up for a shoot and they want me to wear a feather boa. Too obvious a thing for a poof on the telly to do.