Shouting on TV feels like it almost gives viewers licence to do it in real life.
Tackling the environment should not be a licence to lecture people, because they have no excuse not to exercise, or eat their fruit and vegetables. Nannying - at least among adults - is likely to be counterproductive. Providing information is empowering; lecturing people is not. So, no excuses, no nannying.
Obviously, the BBC is funded by licence-payers. If you are paying for a TV licence, when you see what people are paid, then you know you're funding that.
Boxing's a sport that gives you licence to act like an idiot, I think.
In fantasy, you have licence to pick whatever you like out of history and fantasy, and you don't have to be accurate.
Getting small things like Visa or driving licence should be made easier as we, in financial service sectors, are dealing with financial regulations and tax constraints.
I failed my HGV licence three times.
When I finished boxing, all that was available was commentating. But that's not me. I've got too much artistic licence to get out.
First I went to the Sorbonne to do my licence en lettres, but I also started to study law.
Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' was published while I was trying to work out how to write 'Elizabeth Is Missing,' and reading the story of that impaired amateur detective gave me the licence I needed to attempt one of my own.
