As I have found out, recognition has its upside, its downside and – you may say – its backside.

From breathing techniques, muscle toning to overall flexibility and relaxation, my Pilates sessions have become something of a weekly necessity that keeps me fit, happy and energized.

There is no real need for decorations when throwing a barbecue party - let the summer garden, in all its vibrant and luscious splendour, speak for itself.

What is it with this American booty culture? It seems to me to be a form of obsession.

It's a bit startling to achieve global recognition before the age of 30, on account of your sister, brother in law and your bottom.

Entertaining on any scale can be stressful and daunting.

Turkeys are perfect for feeding larger gatherings.

I have finally perfected my signature. It took hours of practicing I decided early on just to write Pippa, not Middleton.

A batsman goes out and is then in until he gets out. This goes on until the last batsman is out, apart from one who is still in and therefore not out.

Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin?

When hosting a party, move any clutter from the space where you're entertaining.

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

We have this history of impossible solutions to insoluble problems.

In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn.

Thailand's economic development was driven by educational expansion. That has been a very dramatic factor, and South Asia had been pretty miserable in not learning from that experience.

I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.

A woman sitting by herself is not waiting for you.

Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us.

Thinking you've had depression makes about as much sense as thinking you've been run over by a bus. Trust me - you know when you've got depression.

To acknowledge that I am yet a sinner is not to deny that I am a saint but to acknowledge how I became one, by grace.

We always started these albums as making demos, that went right on until Scary Monsters.