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

Don't worry about never having time to write. Just write what you can in the time you do have and give yourself a big clap on the back, followed by a double latte and a blueberry muffin.

I don't mind being called snobbish, a pain and a social climber, but being called unkind really hurts.

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

English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.

Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,' to a bored colourist in a Mayfair salon, which is much more satisfying, not to mention cheap.

I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.