Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that.

I've been breastfeeding for two years. I could light the gas ring with my nipples.

When you cry, you don't look very attractive; you look snotty and blotchy. People seem to manage to cry quite prettily these days, and to me, that smacks of not being very genuine.

Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.

People can forgive each other.

When I was at school you got an overall general education, on many things, even just basic facts.

I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time; I loved it out of season and when it was rough.