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

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.

I went freelance in 1996 and my children are now teenagers and it seemed right.

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

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

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

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.