I've known Stuart Broad since he was a child, living up the road from me.

If anyone ever accuses me of bias - on Twitter, say - they're blocked straight away. It simply isn't true.

It's an interesting education to listen to cricket commentary when you're not at the game. When you're there, which is most of the time for me, it flows over you. But when you're not there, you look at it in a slightly different way. You pick up things.

The bouncer shouldn't be banned. Hitting batsmen, I'm afraid, is part of the game. But it's the histrionics, the nonsense, the prancing, the in-your-face nastiness. It's become accepted, and actually it's not acceptable at all.

You can't now do county and international cricket and have a life.

I look at some young commentators who sit down with piles of notes, and of course, what are you going to do if you've spent hours preparing all this stuff? You're going to bloody well read it out. Boring!

Adelaide is terribly underrated. There are lovely wide streets, beautiful parks, one of the most scenic cricket grounds, wonderful beaches, and vineyards nearby. The food and the people are lovely, and it's not too big and sprawling.

We go to Dubai quite a lot, so I've seen it being gradually ruined.

No matter how bad your hotel is, take a deep breath, because if you can get through a night, it won't seem quite so bad the following morning.

Some people get the wrong idea about what the job of a cricket correspondent involves - it's not all laid-on luxury travel.

I played at school then signed up with Leicestershire when I was 18, for £20 per week. In those days cricket wasn't a full-time job; in the winter you had nothing to do.

The first day I worked with Brian Johnston was very daunting.

I did three winters at BBC Radio Leicester while playing cricket in the summers.

Divorce is something I think that children feel particularly hard and what's sad about a lot of divorces, and certainly about my divorce, is that absent fathers who really want to play a part in their children's lives but don't live there, they have a pretty tough time.

Being a stepfather is a huge challenge.

I very rarely watch any television at all.

Rather than influence the media, I hope that my progress from player to correspondent shows that there is a role for former cricketers in the media, despite the intolerant views of some of my colleagues in the press box.

I wish I'd done better for England. I only played three Tests and three One Day internationals. You have to take your chances and, for whatever reason, I didn't.

I'm not a huge fan of South Africa. I always feel a bit worried security-wise.

Call me traditional, but Test cricket is the most important thing.

When you know that batting will be tough, that the ball might move around and your technique will be tested, you have to make sure that you don't give the bowlers any more advantages.

That is what Test cricket is about, adapting to different conditions around the world.

I love the individual characters that cricket produces and, more than most other sports, the unlikely heroes.

It's easy to throw mud at coaches because we don't see - nor often understand - everything they do.

It is not about being the greatest team in the world ever, it is about fighting for every run and wicket.

Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated; once you cut it, it's hard to go back.

I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft.

Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating.

Loewe should be a cultural brand.

You have to be slightly uncomfortable with what you're doing, and you have to be able to try to find moments of newness.

If designers are willing to take risks, I think buyers should take risks, as well with press taking risks.

During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture.

When I think of Uniqlo, I think of things that are perfectly made, that people have spent a lot of time considering.

Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me.

Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic.

I collect primarily ceramics but also black-and-white photography and some bits of contemporary.

My parents were extremely liberal. They didn't believe in being Catholic or Protestant, and that was a big deal at the time.

One thing I think is great is that if you use social media really well - in a natural, personal way - you can kind of see what's missing. You can see when you're bored of something or of someone.

I think fashion shows are a full stop. You need a point where there's no return, and fashion shows create a 'That's it; that's the finishing line.'

I always try to design fashion that is interesting and innovative, and I like to break traditions and challenge people's expectations.

Collaborations are incredibly important in design.

I've always loved collecting arts and crafts - I have pieces by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William Morris at home in east London.

Ultimately, I think to be successful in fashion, you have to turn into the most incredible HR person. It's about politics. I'm massaging egos and keeping everyone happy.

If you're going to collect things because you think they have value, then don't collect. For me, you have to be obsessed, and there has to be something educational.

Working with Uniqlo is probably the most incredible template of democracy in fashion, and it's nice that my design can be accessible to anyone, on all different levels.

My parents are huge influences on me. My mother was an English teacher. My father played professional rugby and coached rugby for the Irish rugby team.

Everyone has something to learn from one another. When different disciplines meet, it creates this amazing unpredictability.

Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature.

I am a huge obsessor with photography.

The problem with me and TV shows is once I start watching them, I have to watch them all because I'm so impatient. I need the entire series to be on TV, and then I'll sit all day and watch the entire thing. So I did that with 'Homeland,' and I did that with 'Veep.'