You'll get a million different responses which in a way, is an answer in and of itself.
Anyway, no comment on your first question.
2nd, I bug, then I turn. Don't know anyone who doesn't.
3rd, AIP ENR 1.5 is pretty clear.
"On reaching the holding fix, the aircraft is turned onto an outbound heading (to track parallel with the inbound track) for the appropriate period of time (taken from over or abeam the holding fix whichever is later), or until reaching the limiting DME distance if earlier; then"