I'm the slowest reader in the world, because I perform it all in my head.

My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved.

Most of the Bond girls have been bimbos. I have never been a bimbo.

South Africa is the most beautiful country I have been to. Canada is also hugely underrated.

No More Avengers! There's nothing new to get out of it - I want to go forward, not backward.

I'm very fond of Norfolk. My husband came from there and the kids love it. Devon is beautiful, too.

I've travelled around the UK a lot recently and have discovered that I really like trains. If you're in the quiet carriage, nobody can get hold of you and you can relax.