You can propose marriage naked or in handcuffs, but no one is going to agree to forsake all others for a man in shorts. You can't declare war in shorts or deliver a eulogy in shorts.

My wife is from Copenhagen and her father has been a huge Liverpool supporter since the early 1960s.

I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.

Liverpool is a club that needs no introduction. I was impatient to play at Anfield, I wanted to feel the atmosphere.

I get the 'Guardian' delivered every day and read it very quickly. I like it for both the TV and theatre reviews and because it's very accessible. At the weekend, I get the 'Observer' because I love the food supplement, Observer Food Monthly, and the style section. And I can't resist the News of the World.

There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.

It is something you can't quite explain unless you have experienced it. There is that difference when you pull on a Liverpool shirt.