I always like driving home very late at night and seeing a fox or a badger.

When I used to drink I used to love that tarry smell when you uncork a good rioja.

meeting someone you didn't expect to meet, who is glad to see you.

the cafe overlooking the Avon at the royal shakespeare Theatre Stratford, watching the swans and waiting for a play to start, listening to all the different accents from all the different parts of the world.

derek Jacobi as Richard 2nd

The tone of a beautiful guitar - the player is almost irrelevant.

writers and performers who can make you feel like a personal friend - Derek Brimstone, Christopher Isherwood.....

all this seemed pretty good to me, on a par with sliced bread.