Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.

In Germany, salads are assemblies of ham and mayonnaise, not trendy tossed leaves.

I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.

I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.

Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.

There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.

It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.