What’s something you’ve done that you’d never do again? I’m not one of those people who says they have no regrets. I talked a lot of shit when I was very young, and I regret a lot of that. Also, wearing yellow eyeliner. As a rule I’m quite happy with my make-up over the years but it really didn’t work for me, I don’t know why I did that. The see-through dress at Reading Festival… I pulled it off but that could’ve gone wrong. When Kylie [Minogue] was in the dressing room with us in particular, I wish I had more on.

Has anyone you’ve ever said anything disparaging about ever come up to you and gone “what was all that about”?

No but there’s been some very awkward moments, and I feel very sorry for James and Sean because they’re stuck with it! There was a time when we couldn’t do a festival without being slightly cold shouldered on a grand scale, and it was just down to me and Richey. The mad thing is I really liked a lot of those people, but we were so off the leash. We were basically taking our bedroom conversations out to the wider world without thinking anyone would read it. Having said that, I remember being at an awards show when Liam Gallagher called us cunts, and we just laughed and thought it was really funny, and James shouted something back. There was actually very little malice. It was a slightly more naive era where everyone was slagging each other off, and there was less fallout because there was no social media. There would only be something in the NME, maybe. That’s what I like to convince myself. But it is the reason I could never go into politics. Imagine the shit they’d drag up on Question Time! I’d be there in full flow and someone would say “didn’t you say this in 1993?” And I’m dead.