'He's in his dressing room, minutes before going on stage as a panto dame. "Snap away," he said. "Whatever you like. You don't need to ask." So I felt free to get stuck in' Ian and I met seven years ago when our mutual friend Alan Cumming sat us next to each other at a dinner party. We hit it off and Ian invited me to join his quiz team the following week at the Grapes, his pub in east London. I've been going ever s…
