My grandad taught me to read before I started school so I had a head start. Also, because he instilled such a love for reading in me, I read just about everything.

I also like words. At school, one of my teachers taught us how to use a dictionary and I used it - a lot.

If I read a word I don't understand, I look it up. My brain seems to remember them once I've read them, so I'm lucky like that.