article_snippet: I would be lying -- something I am not prone to do whatever the haters may say -- if I said I was not seriously chuffed about this.
article_snippet: (I would incidentally have preferred no stars in the Mail on Sunday to the one that they gave me.
article_snippet: Please take note for next time.)
article_snippet: As Grace said afterwards -- well to be honest Grace heckled me at the time with the words "shut up Dad
article_snippet: I thought that was quite good, and dare I say a rather decent soundbite.
article_snippet: The row in the car on the way home was reasonably good-natured, considering my partner of 36 years was basically confirming I was not a new man and suggesting I talked absolute tosh about whether men and women win in different ways.