I had become a cliché: the cobbler with worn shoes, the barber with a dodgy barnet, the marketing consultant who doesn't market himself...

Issue 11 of IQ has arrived on my desk, again offering rich pickings for curious minds. Highlights include physicist Jim Al-Khalili and...

In just 30 episodes, we've already featured two former Chancellors of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng and the late Alistair Darling.