Obviously, as a writer myself, I find this an interesting subject. I suppose, in the same way that I tend to be a bit scruffy in my dress, my own choices with regard to typeface and so on are a bit slapdash. Actually, with fiction, I always write it up in longhand first, in biro.

I mean, I actually favour biros rather than fountain pens and so on, although maybe I could be persuaded to change my mind on that.

I think handwriting is also interesting. I mean, not that I’ve really studied the subject, or anything, and I’m a bit suspicious of … I forget the name of it now, but the thing where people are supposed to read your personality through your handwriting. I mean, I think it’s true that you can, but I don’t think it’s a science. Some people’s handwriting just reminds me so much of them.

By the way, on the subject of languages, you’ve probably seen this, but…

http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0„825613,00.html