It's telling everyone that you are an ambiguous creature difficult to understand but intriguing none the less

It's telling everyone that you are an ambiguous creature, difficult to understand but intriguing none the less."Why would anyone want to wear a T-shirt with Gap splashed on it?" says Andrew Hartwell, 27-year-old creator and owner of Oeuf. If no one knows what it means (because there is nothing to know) it makes you look effortlessly "in the know". well, egg in French.Why is it so achingly hip to wear an Oeuf? Because it means nothing And yet it's nonchalant cool at its most meaningful. Then again, you might be wearing this summer's hottest, most sought-after logo, Oeuf, which means nothing more than...

Something ironic and cool like "Je suis un pop star", or something unintelligible in Japanese characters, with an unlikely English translation printed next to it, equally cryptic of course, such as "Five Shaolin Masters". Then again, you could be one of those plain-T-shirt-wearing types who thinks a discreet label in the back of your neck, say Calvin Klein or Giorgio Armani, is all it takes to give you a daily dose of fashion Brownie points. It's more likely, though, that the T-shirt you're sporting has a bit more character A slogan perhaps. Probably that you don't give a hoot about fashion, would rather not stand out in the crowd, or that you simply couldn't be bothered to fish out something more interesting from your wardrobe. Even if it's plain, round-necked and white, it's saying something about you. So it's just a bunch of T-shirts Oh no it's not! A T-shirt is never just a T-shirt.

By the time I was able to vote for the first time in 1964, I knew that my career was going to be inextricably intermingled with political commentary and, in those circumstances, I thought it was better not to vote than to have people saying: "He may say he's independent, but I happen to know he's a secret Tory voter or a secret socialist voter." I am reminded of the commentator who said: "I never vote - it only encourages them."Worst TV moment?Polly Ronnins, OxfordOn one occasion I was introducing Simon Wiesenthal, the man who had dedicated his life to tracking down Hitler's war criminals, and I found myself saying, "Will you welcome Adolf Wiesenthal." And I once asked a guest in an education debate, "Do you think there is a case for the return of capital punishment in schools?" My guest said that he felt that was perhaps a trifle harsh.Next WeekCynthia Lennon followed by Mary QuantSEND questions for Cynthia Lennon, former wife of John Lennon, and designer Mary Quant to: You Ask the Questions, Features, The Independent, 1 Canada Square, London E14 5DL (fax 0171-293 2182, or e-mail them to yourquestions independent.co uk), by noon on Friday 25 June. I believe that if he had been called Nicholas Fotheringham Leeson, he would have been extradited to the UK and spent a couple of years at the Ernest Saunders Memorial Suite at Ford open prison, rather than ending up in Chagi Jail in Singapore.How did you vote at the last election? Have you switched over the years?John East, Helmsley, YorksI have never voted in an election, though I do not think anybody should follow my example, because I had a special reason for that. But I have changed my mind after my experiences with the Nick Leeson story. How did that happen?TC Coleman, BlackpoolI do not think I have joined the establishment - maybe they have joined me! - because I do not really believe that there is an establishment anymore.

Indeed on the tape she can be seen handing me a handkerchief.You used to be a formidable satirist and scourge of the establishment Now you seem to have joined them. I said later as a throwaway remark that it was not the result of Edwina's uppercut. The late John Smith said to me: "You have a way of asking beguiling questions with potentially lethal consequences." I'd be happy to have that on my tombstone.Is it true that Edwina Currie bashed you on the nose after an interview on your Sunday show?Sarah Collier, Hove, SussexThat is a wonderful example of a joke turning into a myth! Edwina Currie was reviewing the newspapers on Breakfast with Frost when suddenly I had a nosebleed. Later on, as his defence wilted, I became almost a Father Confessor and, when he was talking about his experiences in opening the path to China, I was Boswell to his Johnson. In the Nixon interviews, we were prosecution and defence on the subject of Watergate. Indeed, the best way to judge a question is by the quality of the answer it produces.The interviewer is a catalyst, though if facts are really being done a disservice, then you do have to step in more strongly as a principal You have to adapt your tone and technique to the subject. It is possible to ask testing questions in a conversational style, rather than a hectoring style.