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

Balance sheets bore me. I suspect if figures had excited me I would have gone into the city and now be a lot wealthier.

We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.

I adore clothes - they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished.

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 have never, for a single moment, been aware of pressure from anyone in television about how I dress, what my shape is or how I speak. I've always written my own scripts. I've always been the first to point out that I need to be fit. I need to look good.

Growing up in a business-orientated family meant that I naturally learnt the tricks of the trade.