For me, shopping is a way to unwind.
You can be aware and educated and informed, but you've got to place emphasis on being compassionate, having empathy and understanding.
I've earned my stripes; I don't need to prove myself to anyone.
Drugs have always scared me.
It's hard being homeless at any age, but at 16 years old? I can't even imagine. When you're a homeless teen, how do you build a future or have any sort of life?
We should celebrate make-up. It's a lucrative industry; a massive employer.
I know some people believe impartiality is key, and it's necessary in some situations, but in others - if something is so fundamentally wrong, why do we have to make out we're impartial?
I left school at 15, didn't pick up my GCSEs, didn't do A-levels, didn't go to uni.
Most evenings I'll light a few candles, get snuggled on the sofa, and read a magazine.
I try to be semi-healthy, but I've got into a really bad routine of never food shopping. My fridge is always bare!
I love Orla Guerin - she's my queen... when I watch her on the news, I just can't believe how brave she is.
I never really had an opinion about the Al Muhajiroun; I didn't really know enough about them.
I love being in people's houses.
My mum went above and beyond to make up for the fact I didn't have two parents. I was very lucky.
One of the things that slaps you in the face when you arrive in Japan is their obsession with everything cute.
The few pounds we spend for an item of clothing isn't the true cost - the real cost is the millions of gallons of clean water that was used to grow the fabric, or the millions of gallons of fresh water that was polluted with toxic chemicals to dye the clothes.
I work hard. That's probably one of my only strengths.
I like eating everything in sight.
I have never met anyone who has worked harder than me.
I think BBC3 gave me my first commissions because I wasn't a middle-class, highbrow journalist. I was able to speak to the contributors on a level that perhaps some journalists don't.
