I don’t want to moan about being recognised but I do get a bit of grief sometimes.
ALAN DAVIESI don’t want to moan about being recognised but I do get a bit of grief sometimes.
ALAN DAVIESAny journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.
ALAN DAVIESI’d like to walk along that. Don’t worry, I won’t get drunk and fall in.
ALAN DAVIESShow up for your interview wearing flip flops.
ALAN DAVIESI see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs.
ALAN DAVIESThe principle that light can be in two places at the same time is absolutely extraordinary.
ALAN DAVIESThe thing I’d really like to see is the old London Bridge, with all the old buildings around it like Shakespeare’s Globe.
ALAN DAVIESI like pubs too, but it’s hard for me to go and get proper bladdered in the way I used to.
ALAN DAVIESI’m not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I’m the publishers’ friend – I buy a hundred books a year and read four.
ALAN DAVIESBut my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football.
ALAN DAVIESI’m quite a curious person. I don’t mind being the one who doesn’t know things, a role I often play in QI.
ALAN DAVIESI’m more inclined to linger in the science pages of ‘The Week’ magazine.
ALAN DAVIESI liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space.
ALAN DAVIESA bambiraptor is a savage baby dear.
ALAN DAVIESA foolproof plan for not getting a job.
ALAN DAVIESThere’s a lot to do when you’re a kid – spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye – stuff to be getting on with.
ALAN DAVIES