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.

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.

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

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

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

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.