"Fragility and stubbornness about sums him up, which is probably why I love him so much." I second that! He's so very fascinating.
Things obviously have been hard for a really long time, but up until last year, he has managed to keep it together. But of course you could argue if trying to soldier on is doing him any good ;)

Time Out interview, is that the one they did in Ireland during the tour? The one where he nearly broke down. And was talking about the fear of being left behind, again. That interview really got me. And on top of everything Gary storms into the room and jokingly accuses Mark of trying to hogg all the limelight...talk about bad timing! ;)