I'm very fond of Norfolk. My husband came from there and the kids love it. Devon is beautiful, too.

I've travelled around the UK a lot recently and have discovered that I really like trains. If you're in the quiet carriage, nobody can get hold of you and you can relax.

No More Avengers! There's nothing new to get out of it - I want to go forward, not backward.

Apart from anything else, I find boots are too hot except in wintry weather. At home I usually wear a sweater, shirt and slacks.

My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved.

Most of the Bond girls have been bimbos. I have never been a bimbo.

South Africa is the most beautiful country I have been to. Canada is also hugely underrated.

Domestic violence can be so easy for people to ignore, as it often happens without any witnesses and it is sometimes easier not to get involved. Yet, by publicly speaking out against domestic violence, together we can challenge attitudes towards violence in the home and show that domestic violence is a crime and not merely unacceptable.

I'm the slowest reader in the world, because I perform it all in my head.