I've always considered myself to look like a rather plain-and-exhausted bluestocking, so it's rather odd to read Tweets commenting on my appearance.

I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks.

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.

I think increasingly we want to read the history that wasn't written by the victors.

The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.

I'd rather share the glory of a hit than star by myself in a flop.