And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.

I have never consciously exploited the fact that I am a woman. I wouldn't dare try that even if I knew how to. I have too much respect for my male colleagues to think they would be particualrly impressed.

Think, think, think. It will hurt like hell at first, but you'll get used to it.

I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won.

Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.

And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.

Large motorway flyovers are the cathedrals of the modern world.