Stylish with a capital ‘S’, a superb 21 Questions from Lord David of Gower.
Describe yourself in one word.
Peripatetic
What words or phrases do you most overuse?
‘In a nutshell’
What is your most marked characteristic?
Indecision, I think! But…
If you could edit your past, what would you change?
I’d conveniently expunge the greatest ever cricket team, West Indies in the 80s, from history. At least the games they played against England!
What is your idea of happiness?
Lying in bed with the woman I love
What is the trait you most dislike in others?
Tardiness
Which living person do you most admire and why?
Roger Federer. Skill, poise, grace, calm – but especially fluency in several languages
What would be your fancy dress costume of choice?
Naughty monkey
What has been your biggest disappointment?
Never winning more than £10 on the National Lottery
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Never worry about something until you need to worry about it
If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
A cheetah. The fastest thing on four legs and a handsome beast too
What is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen?
Victoria Falls
What becomes of the broken-hearted?
Time is the great healer
What’s wrong with the world?
Too many of us just don’t understand each other
In which era would you most like to have lived?
This one
Who would you like to play you in a film of your life?
Bradley Cooper in ‘The Ashes Hangover’
Who is your favourite fictional hero?
Dumbledore
What’s your ultimate pet hate?
Dogs in handbags! See what I did there?!
What if God was one of us?
He – or she – isn’t
What song would you have playing when walking out to bat?
As they actually did at Adelaide in 1991, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
