I think my siblings sometimes have to defend me within their social circles - they are both barristers.

I've never been prudish.

I'm a schizophrenic mix of wannabe glamourpuss and absolute slob, and my style is very much magistrate-meets-barmaid.

I can't tan naturally.

I think my siblings sometimes have to defend me within their social circles - they are both barristers.

For me, being a woman suits what I want to talk about and what my audience wants to hear. Maybe I'm a dying breed.

I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp in that respect.