It's Funny How Intimate It Feels To

I Learned To Stand Up For Myself At School Where I Was Never Too Popular.

I Don't Want To Sound Like An Old Grandmother But Actually It's Quite Nice When You Get Up Early And Then, By The Time It Gets To 10am, You're Quite Perky And Already Quite Switched On.

Philately Is Normally A Boys' Hobby But For Some Reason It Was In Vogue At My Junior School. Between The Ages Of Eight And Ten I Collected Avidly. I'd Pore Over My Stanley Gibbons Book, Obsessively Checking My Collection's Value. I Always Hoped I'd Stumble Across A Really Valuable One, A Penny Black Or An Inverted Jenny, But It Wasn't To Be.

On My Wedding Day. I Didn't Want A Natural, Blushing-bride Look - I Had A Full-on Hairdo And Red Lips. I Thought It Would Be Disingenuous To Do The Whole Virginal Look, So Even Though I Had The White Dress, I Had Pink Net Underneath.

Yeah, I'm Not Really A Morning Person.