Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you need to be in it for the long haul.

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

I haven't lived my life through my daughters. Some parents devote everything to their children, which must be so hard, and it's very beautiful. But I'm a working parent, so I've always kept my own life.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

I wouldn't say that I've mellowed. I'm less mellow, perhaps.

When you get to be nearly 60, you do take stock. You don't know what's around the corner.

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.