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

It wasn't a conscious effort to have kids later. It was just the way life goes.

Fat people are brilliant in bed. If I'm sitting on top of you, who's going to argue?

I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving.

It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed, who are unkind, who are a bit rubbish at their job, who are in the wrong career.

I buy smoked mackerel in a vain attempt at being healthy. I do actually really like it, and you don't have to cook it, which is handy.

My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and posted to Libya, she convinced some general to let her go with him. I don't know how she managed it.