I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.

Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers.

My nickname is Bondy. But not because of the Bond films - it was my surname a long time before I did those.

If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50. Anyway, middle-aged women are sensational.

Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.

Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.

I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.