Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.

I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs.

I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination.

In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer.

I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.

Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me.

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot.