It's actually very hard when you're settled in one place to completely uproot yourself and go.

The way to a man's heart is through his hanky pocket with a breadknife.

Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press, knows that on the whole, there is a huge amount of inaccuracy, value judgment and the use of a crowbar to insert editorial bias that reflects the current political leaning of that particular paper.

I'm a real Kentish maid, you know.

When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: "Here comes the bride, all fat and wide." Luckily, it was a few days after the wedding - but it was still hideous to read at a great romantic moment.

I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it.

I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be.