I can't live without Radio 4. It's worth the entire licence fee. I'm an obsessive listener; I get up, and Radio 4 goes on, but it goes off when 'Thought for the Day' starts, as that's a step too far.

Sandi Toksvig

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Too often, there are complaints in the British papers about the BBC. It's too left wing, too right wing, too pro-Brexit, too anti, and so on. It's only when you go abroad and try to find out what is going on in the world that everyone falls with gratitude before the BBC News.

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When I came out in September 1994, I was, as far as I know, the only out lesbian in British public life.

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I am 5 ft. tall myself, and it is rare that I meet someone new wh... by Sandi Toksvig

I am 5 ft. tall myself, and it is rare that I meet someone new who doesn't comment on my height.

i-am new someone myself

I've played the Royal Albert Hall to 8,500 people, and there wasn... by Sandi Toksvig

I've played the Royal Albert Hall to 8,500 people, and there wasn't a nerve in my body.

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Noel Fielding is one of the nicest guys in show business. The first time I met him, I felt like I had met a rather wayward cousin whose take on the world made me laugh.

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I am passionate about higher education and am hugely impressed by Portsmouth's mission to encourage students from every walk of life to excel.

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I'm slightly obsessed with women's history, so I'd love to talk to Emily Dickinson or Louisa May Alcott.

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I'm trying to get my kids - in particular, my step-daughter Mary, who's 12 - to recommend music to me. You reach a certain age and realise you haven't kept up, but I don't want to fall behind.

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