I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.

NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits.

It's an incredibly difficult thing to bring a giraffe down. They can kill a lion with a single blow from their feet.

Greece has got something like 1,400 islands. There is so much of Greece you can't know even if you're Greek. It's sprinkled out all around the edge of the Aegean, all over the place. It's already a secret place wherever you go, even if it's somewhere huge like Athens or Corinth. The place enchanted me.

Even clingfilm - if it's gone over a salad bowl, take it off, use it again. I wash out carrier bags; I save brown paper from parcels. I save string; I save ribbons. I separate all my bits and pieces.

I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym.