My father was a self-employed, commission-only salesman. He sold double-glazing and fitted kitchens, amongst other things. As he never declared himse….

I live in a perpetual present. I don't look back and I don't look forward. I just live from week to week..

I want to look beyond the legends, to find the real story of Scotland. And it's every bit as thrilling..

I worked on local papers, before taking a job as a webmaster with a very well known telecommunications company in London, as I thought the internet w….

It took me a while to get established - success didn't happen overnight..

I have always been quite careful when I have been approached to do a television project to have the option of writing the accompanying book..

I trust to luck. I am planning to be a millionaire before I die but I don't have a plan as to how that will happen..

It is security that I crave and money provides security. What is that old line about money? "Some is good, more is better and too much is just right.".

People looking at what I do from the outside would think it was a secure world I live in, but it isn't. Just because you had a series last year, does….

Television came looking for me; it was never a plan to become a presenter..

After I graduated from the University of Glasgow, I was a self-employed archaeologist going from dig to dig around Scotland, and it was not well-paid….

I'm wary of the new contactless ways of paying. The idea of paying with your phone is a little worrying: I have lost more than one over the years..

My wife has always supported me in my career, even when there were times when it was more sensible to get a job. It has been her confidence in me tha….

My father's example taught me self-reliance, to make my own luck, and to work to make things happen..

I delivered leaflets for my dad and was paid £5 per thousand, which was slave labour..

I find it so easy to read qualified commentators who are 180 degrees opposed to each other..