“You quickly realize that no matter who you’re talking to, how famous, brilliant or wealthy they are, they are just “people.””

Good writing is about finding and exploiting anecdotes that resonate with the reader. In storytelling, it’s OK if you only make one point, as long as it’s a good one.

Make sure you’re realistic about what you can do, but if you have a good lead with something, making the plunge into full-time writing is the only way to go.

For me, working in the fashion industry is about getting to meet the minds behind the brands. Sure, there are nice dinners, events and shows – even the occasional freebie – but the best part is getting to sit down with and talk to people that have done great things.

Independent publishing gives everyone a voice, and those with a voice to which people inherently want to listen will find a way to the top.

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.

Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty.

The squandering of brilliant technique on cheap material.

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist?

Vegetables are absolutely brilliant because as soon as they come out of the ground they are prepared and frozen instantly.

When that drone shot carried us through the main house with Rosalie, played so unflinchingly-brilliantly by Jurnee Smollett Bell, I signed on for the ride.

But the universe at large is full of questions that we still don’t know anything about and there will be always young people brilliant who are going to make new discoveries.