I read the Sunday Telegraph stories. They're not too far off what may be happening.

Obviously we are disappointed about not making it when we had it in our grasp,

But that's not what's happening. This is already, as far as I can see, a fait accompli. The government isn't waiting for a study. They've decided this is what they want to do.

We are definitely in the market for interesting opportunities and, while David Lloyd is not a club we're likely to be interested in as a whole, we have cast a slide rule over it and would be interested in some of the clubs.

As far back as I remember, long before I could write, I had played at making stories. But not until I was seven or more, did I begin to pray every night, "O God, let me write books! Please, God, let me write books!"

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it.