I talk to bankers, distributors, marketing people. I used to sit at home in my tracksuit bottoms, and the real excitement of my day would be going out to get a copy of Private Eye and a latte.

I'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power.

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

The Lady' is a piddling little magazine that no one cares about or buys.

I think everyone can recognize the one-upmanship and the competition that go on wherever you are, especially among groups where the women don't have to hold down office jobs and instead get in a total snit about who won the longest carrot contest or took first prize for summer chutney in the August fete.

If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.

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.