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.

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.

If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.

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

When I'm called unkind... that really cuts to the quick. You can say anything else that you like about me.

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.

I am a total coffee snob and bore. If anyone makes the mistake of offering me 'a coffee' they tend to regret it - I'm worse than Mariah Carey, and the hot milk rider is completely non-negotiable.