Last week, when I decided to rewrite the children’s book I’ve been working on.

I vowed never to marry, but we got married as soon as we could after lockdown. I used to think it was patriarchal but when same-sex marriage became legal, I thought: OK, great, this institution has finally changed.

I used to think that technology could help education. I've probably spearheaded giving away more computer equipment to schools than anybody else on the planet. But I've had to come to the inevitable conclusion that the problem is not one that technology can hope to solve. What's wrong with education cannot be fixed with technology. No amount of technology will make a dent. It's a political problem.

The other day, when I decided that maybe I had been too harsh on mid-period Sting.

I wouldn’t because everything is connected with everything else.

To be inquisitive.

Connection, warmth, somebody you can trust and, quite happily, say nothing to.

Time blindness.

Optimistic, nurturing, enquiring.

That they were loved.