I Am British. I Love Britain For

I Think Every Woman In Our Culture Is A Feminist. They May Refuse To Articulate It, But If You Were To Take Any Woman Back 40 Years And Say, 'is This A World You Want To Live In?' They Would Say, 'no.'

It Seems To Me That The Years Between Eighteen And Twenty-eight Are The Hardest, Psychologically. It’s Then You Realize This Is Make Or Break, You No Longer Have The Excuse Of Youth, And It Is Time To Become An Adult – But You Are Not Ready.

Working Away From My Husband For Long Periods Is Good And Bad. It Stops Us Taking Each Other For Granted And Gives Us Space, But I Miss Him Terribly.

I Feel The Written Word, Poetry And Literature Is Just One Of The Most Beautiful Things That Human Beings Do. So We Have To Fight For It.

Women Are Always Self-effacing And Self-denying. There's A Term That Enrages Me, And I Always Used To Swear That I'd Never Play Characters Described That Way. The Term Is "long-suffering."