My mother is a walking miracle.

You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.

After I had the Caesarean I was told I had really strong stomach muscles and so would heal very quickly. And I did. I was up walking about within three hours. Six days after having her I was out shopping and shortly after that I made it to David Walliams' wedding.

That to me was the most poignant part of Diana's wedding as she was walking up the aisle and her eyes were going left to right looking at people and smiling in the way that Diana did - and that diamond tiara glittering like mad. It was great.

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.

I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.

Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'

Air travel is the safest form of travel aside from walking even then the chances of being hit by a public bus at 30 000 feet are remarkably slim. I also have no problem with confined spaces. Or heights. What I am afraid of is speed.

I get pretty much all the exercise I need walking down airport concourses carrying bags.

The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand.