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

I talk to bankers, distributors, marketing people. I used to sit at home in my tracksuit bottoms, and the real excitement of my day would be going out to get a copy of Private Eye and a latte.

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

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

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.

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