Where would you go?

As it’s not an easy time to go abroad at the moment, I’d like to go somewhere in Wales. I’ve never been there but I want to after recently watching Coast, the TV show. It looks so beautiful, you can’t believe it. I flew over Wales once on the way to America and saw a teardrop of land off the west of Anglesey and on its tip a white farmhouse. I thought “I’ve got to go there.”

Who would be your travelling companions?

If he had time between writing another book a month, I’d take Andrew [AN] Wilson; he’s so funny and wonderfully knowledgeable. Also Rupert [the actor] Everett, who makes everything a joy. We’d go in a big comfy Winnebago with a glass top and exchange erudite comments on the beautiful and historic places, while keeping socially distant.