Whether it's cushions you only use outside in the summer, or blankets that only come out in the winter, you've always got to think of where to store them.

Those who earn money know best how to spend it.

The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.

People who earn reasonable amounts are being turned into the anti-Christ. I think 45 per cent tax is a colossal amount to take off somebody, and it is taking away the incentive to earn.

I had started working in television but it did not pay that much. I was 27, renting this little one-bed flat in Shepherd's Bush, West London, with a bathroom so small only someone of my size could actually get in it.

A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household.

There's no getting away from it: you have to clean.