They have to be able to get up there and read that audience within three or four minutes and be able to quickly change gears,

I can tell in the first few minutes if this is someone I'm going to be looking for,

I think it's a prestige thing. People consider it a piece of celebrity. But unless they have something unique and different to say, they shouldn't bother.

This is the first time the Supreme Court has upheld a judgment of parentage between a same-sex couple,

I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going.

Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves.'