I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth.

Don't you get a swollen head. There's always someone who could come and do what you do, maybe even better, so be grateful and work hard.

On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.

I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.

I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.

I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.