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.

Being blonde means people decide on sight that you are much prettier and nicer than you really are, just as Americans automatically add 10 points to someone's IQ when they hear an English accent. Fact.

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

Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.

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

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.

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