I have a utilitarian approach to dressing; as long as I quite like it and it covers me up, I don't care what it is.

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.

I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.

My father was an engineer and my mother was a social worker, and they met as young socialists. That probably tells you everything you need to know about my attitude to money - I've never really been bothered about it.

Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female.

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.

I have a utilitarian approach to dressing; as long as I quite like it and it covers me up, I don't care what it is.