Children are much more understanding of the suddenness and arbitrariness of death than we are. The old fairy tales contain a lot of that, and we've stolen from them, just as they stole from Greek myth, which has that same mixture of pre-Christian chaos.

The flashbacks are parallel for me. You experience two storylines at the same time, and I'm not switching from one time to another.

My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman.

Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.

And it's absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change a lot when they start communicating - and the levels of the communication that I've seen on the ground in very, very poor areas are so high and I think why don't we have that here?

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.

It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.