I've been visiting Thailand for more than 20 years but didn't fall in love with it until I visited Phuket Town in Phuket. The northern part of Phuket is one of the most fascinating places I've ever been, and largely unspoilt and unknown.
You have to give kids from ordinary families a ladder. You have to show them there's a way out.
The thing to remember about Phuket is it's very beach-oriented and relaxed. The trendiest beach is Koh Sirey, which is full of groovy places to have a cocktail and watch the sun go down.
When you are a journalist in the music business, as I was, you end up dying or going to the gym - I chose the gym.
I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! what a great way to be, to live with one person for a lifetime, to bring your kids up in these really solid families.
People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am.
It felt natural. That is what I remember most about becoming a father halfway through my 20s. As if Mother Nature was giving me the big thumbs up.
I can't think of a bigger waste of police time than chasing somebody who has said something offensive on Twitter.
The thing I care about is my weight - I'm as fanatical about it as a member of Girls Aloud. I weigh myself every morning. I know exactly what I want to be - 82kg - and I try to stick to it.
The British - who rarely start a fight, but always know how to finish it - have nothing to be ashamed of.
I have found having my dad as my North Star has worked well for me.
Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy.
When you have a kid, money matters.
There are a handful of barbecue seafood shacks on the beach at Hat Nai Yang, which is a fabulous place to have dinner. It's very much run for locals and they serve the catch of the day, which might be lobster, white snapper or squid. It's ridiculously reasonable, too.
I hate Nassau and the Bahamas. It's one of those places I'd always wanted to visit since reading Ian Fleming but it was full of casinos with Americans in shorts.
I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through.
I box for four hours a week and my diet is pretty healthy.
I don't think much of anything I wrote before the age of 30.
