I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.

I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer.

If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '

People ask me so many questions.

I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.

Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.