Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're just getting interested in it and someone comes along and goes I want Thomas The Tank Engine on, and screams the place down until you put it on.

I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.

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.

We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes like Doc Martens. I'm prepared to put up with that accusation, because at least my feet aren't killing me and I don't look like a bandy ostrich.

I think it's really important to be kind, especially to people whose lives are grim - I try hard to cheer people up in as many ways as I can - if all else fails - I tell 'em a joke!

Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.

When I was a nurse my favourite assignment was the anorexic ward. I sometimes ate as many as seventeen dinners