I've always taken risks and bought property well. As journalism wasn't particularly well paid, buying homes and selling them for profit improved my income.

Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul.

I eventually got a job with a television company, started to see how exciting journalism could be as a career, and decided that was what I wanted to do.

I don't despise, because no-one should live rent-free inside your head.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, whos the dumbest of you all?

I don't like the anonymity of the banking process - people now don't have a bank manager they ever meet.

My best business decision is always to have been unembarrassed about negotiating a decent deal. Not being coy or shy about money is second nature to me.