‘The best way to spend €20 is on M&S Victoria sponge cake’

My personal style signifier is my hair – I’ve always dyed it black and I’ve been straightening it for at least 30 years. And my platform boots; they’re a little bit ridiculous and they represent bad taste, so it’s my small protest against the aesthetic standards of our culture, which can be a little bit straight and narrow. When I’m walking through an airport in black platform boots, I want some 11-year-old sissy to see me and know that they can do whatever they want when they…