I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first.

Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise?

I am a rubbish flirt.

Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that.

Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do.

I'll always be a fat girl and I am happy with that.

My approach to parenting is that everything is open - everything. I'm not very good at covert, or subtle, and I've had to learn timing. I do blunder in a bit.