Newspapers
I read the Independent during the week, the Guardian on Saturday and the Observer on Sunday. I started reading the Independent regularly when they changed the cover, which I thought was really effective. They've got quite a humanitarian slant and a lot of their front covers have good photographs.
Magazines
I've been a big fan of magazines for quite a long time. Remember the Clothes Show magazine? I used to get that when I was younger. I had Vogue on mail order for about a year, and I had a look at Grazia recently - they've got a really good market niche in between Heat magazine and the more disposable ones. I used to read the Face but it's gone now.
Books
I'm doing English for my degree so books become work. I'm doing Virginia Woolf, who I like anyway so I'm lucky.
TV
The X Factor is brilliant - it's so disgusting and horribly watchable at the same time. I try to watch a lot of films because they tend to be a bit more useful.
Radio
Mostly Radio 4. I try to get up in time for Woman's Hour, which is sometimes a bit of a struggle.
Ads
When you come back to England after going away you realise how sophisticated English advertising is. There was the Guinness advert a few years ago that grabbed everyone. The Volkswagen adverts are quite sophisticated. Paper advertising seems to be slightly more edgy and interesting than television at the moment. Have you seen the Miu Miu campaign with the three kooky actresses? That's quite good.
New media
I'm quite into my iPod, as much as I hate to admit it. There's a messageboard on bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers - we read it out together in the green room, and it's quite odd.
