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I was brought up in the countryside in Ireland and would go bonkers if I couldn't escape the city. I like to wake and hear birds tweeting, not the low drone of traffic.

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I have had demanding jobs since I was 18 years old. I have had two sick days in all my working life.

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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I've never once resented the fact that I couldn't go out because of my kids.

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I was raised a socialist by two very socialist parents, and I still feel very animated about socialist principles.

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I love my children, but I don't really want to talk about them. I'm not that much of a freakish middle-aged mother, I'm just very lucky, and there isn't much more to say. I'd like not to be constantly expected to be a spokesman for things that are part of the natural rhythm of a woman's life.

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If I ever write a book, it will be called 'Bottle Blonde.'

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Men that aren't threatened by opinionated, faintly aggressive women are in a minority.

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The idea of exposing the British public to the full breadth of my personality isn't a good one.

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I used to routinely turn down things that might compound the impression that I was some kind of vacuous blonde. But now, when I look back, I think I should have done them because I would be very rich - being taken seriously isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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I have a producer friend who despairs that I come across as rather frosty and never show the real me, and she might have a point.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Journalist

Born: November 12th, 1962

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