Hair, in fact, is probably the bane of most women's lives.

I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.

I've made no secret of the fact that I often wear wigs and have in fact launched my own Dynasty range, named after various characters. I find this saves a ton of time - as well as my own hair.

I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson.

My mother use to call me 'Miss Perpetual Motion' because I rarely keep still.

Every time an article is written about me or any of my contemporaries who's had the fortune and discipline to look good at a certain age, I am struck by the tone of astonishment, and the certainty that something is being done secretively to beat the devil.

Isn't three quarters of life a guilty pleasure?