Patience Can Be A Good Thing -

There's A Scary Moment When You Realise You're No Longer The Youngest Person In The Room. Especially If You've Been A Successful Young Person. That's Followed, Of Course, By The Realisation That You're Actually The Oldest Person In The Room.

A Woman With Knowledge Is Something That Frightens The Status Quo Quite A Lot.

I Believe In Meditation - It's A Good Tool To Centre Yourself, But Unfortunately, I'm Too Lazy To Do It. It's Very Hard Work, And I Prefer To Watch 'nothing To Declare' On Tv!

I Still Suffer Terribly From Stage Fright. I Get Sick With Fear. Not Every Night, But At The Beginning And On Occasion - Not Necessarily When I'm Expecting It. You Just Have To Cope With It - Take It On The Chin And Work Through It, Trying To Use The Adrenalin To Perform.

The Role Of Women Has Always Been Undervalued In The Spy World, Always Undermined In Terms Of Recognition. Unfairly So. It's A World That Needs Women.