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INTERVIEW

This article appeared in the London Evening Standard in June 2000.

My London

Living Ealing

Eating A tapas bar called La Copita, Shepherd's Bush, is really great. And the best curry place (which everyone thinks they know is at Monty's, the Mall, Ealing.

Drinking The North Star, a pub in Ealing. It's one of the few pubs left without a bouncer on the door. Basically, it's normal.

Dancing I love dancing but I do most of it at home. I like Seventies funk clubs as opposed to house stuff.

Exercising I go to a local gym but just to get there is quite time consuming. I like gardening - good back breaking exercise.

Working At the moment we have a hit in Italy so I keep going there to do TV shows.

Learning I've enrolled for evening classes in Spanish. Unless you're really daft though, you never stop learning post-school.

Dressing Issey Miyake and Ischiko at Liberty. I like going to Liberty in general to look at the different designers' work

Walking Holland Park. Any green spaces, in fact, which is one of the best things about Ealing - there are tons of parks.

Rummaging I'm trying not to acquire stuff. In fact, I'm trying to get rid of stiff so I do as little rummaging as possible.

Romance Going into London on the Westway. There's a strange Sixties feel when you see the BT Tower. I also like the South Bank and often go to concerts there.

Escaping Home

Collecting A lot of South American tat. I've got loads of Mexican Day of the Dead stuff and lots of religious icons. Then ther's the glow-in-the-dark skeletons in the kitchen...

Inspiring The people in London. I like the diversity of culture and think that it's really good and really healthy. I also find the Albert Memorial inspiring. It seems weird that someone like Queen Victoria was totally in love.

Dreaming Things are pretty good at the moment, I just hope they don't go horribly wrong. I'd just like this country to be more tolerant.

Avoiding Public transport in rush hour


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