It's Actually Very Hard When You're Settled

Managers Of Hospitals, Over The Years Have Been Increasingly Recruited From Outside The Health Service And Although Their Experience Of Running A Supermarket Chain Might Allow Them To Balance The Books, It Does Not Mean They Have Any Insight Into How A Ward Should Be Managed And Patients Best Served.

I Like To Read My Diary Occasionally To Remind Myself What A Miserable, Alienated Old Sod I Used To Be.

So, My Style Has Hopefully Changed Over The Years And It Is More Relaxed, And I Do Tend To Smile And Have More Than One Expression These Days Hopefully - Which I Didn't At The Beginning.

There Are Lots Of People Who Believe That Caricature Of Me The Tabloids Created, So They Think They Don't Like Me.

I Often Tell Audiences At The Start Of My Shows That I'm Not Gay Because I've Got Petitions From Lesbian Groups Saying 'can You Tell People You're Heterosexual Because You're Giving Us A Bad Name.'