You won’t BELIEVE what they tell me!

I was turned down by civil service, the diplomatic service, by two trading firms in Hong Kong. The list was endless. I don’t blame them, frankly.

Jeremy Paxman bemoans the fact it took the world some time to appreciate his potential as a youngster. Perhaps he asked too many awkward questions…

I haven’t baked anything since Paul Hollywood took one bite of my cake, spat it out and said it was absolutely disgusting.

Joanna Lumley reveals the catastrophic aftermath of her 2015 Bake Off appearance. Well, not everything can be absolutely fabulous, Joanna.

Am I a Labour voter? Well, I don’t talk about how I vote but I am a luvvie, so I‘ll leave it at that!

Downton Abbey’s Daisy Lewis, right, gives a pretty clear indication of her political sympathies at a recent Lady Garden charity lunch in newly Red Chelsea.

They say social media won the election. What actually is social media? I haven’t a clue!

Seems MP Sir Bill Cash, 77, who I met at the Spear’s magazine party at the Philip Mould gallery, will have to learn fast if his Tories are to do better in the next Election.

I did not drink much to play the role. There was only one scene when we used a real glass of Louis XIII brandy. And the cigars we used were electric ones – the smoke was just vapours.

Dundonian actor Brian Cox gives a V for vaping as he reveals that he wasn’t authentically Churchillian during filming of the new Churchill movie.

At the risk of sounding like Joanna Lumley, I have learned that happiness has nothing to do with wealth.

Hunky TV explorer Levison Wood tells me what a life of adventure can teach a man.