In her memoir, Anne Robinson recounts the wake-up call which motivated her to stop drinking. Leaving her eight-year-old daughter alone in their car w….

Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul..

Property is my major investment. My accountant has put money into various long-term savings arrangements. To be honest, I am a bit vague about all th….

I have never, for a single moment, been aware of pressure from anyone in television about how I dress, what my shape is or how I speak. I've always w….

The Welsh... I mean, what are they for?.

I have been asked to lend people money - I now only ever give whatever amount is comfortable without thinking it will come back, otherwise when you s….

I do have a rule that very few meetings are worth more than ten minutes..

Growing up in a business-orientated family meant that I naturally learnt the tricks of the trade..

When I was about 17, I had a row with my mother and left home for six months, renting a flat and working as a waitress for a while. I learnt you coul….

I eventually got a job with a television company, started to see how exciting journalism could be as a career, and decided that was what I wanted to ….

Sad old blokes, I'm told, now dream of me with a whip in hand..

In an ideal world, I'd be able to do my shows in my pajamas. Luckily I've got one of the best stylists in the business, Rebecca Allen - she knows wha….

Balance sheets bore me. I suspect if figures had excited me I would have gone into the city and now be a lot wealthier..

I'd make banks more accountable. I think they should separate totally the personal banking arm with whatever else they are playing around with..

I like one nice man because he gets three tickets for the cinema so we've got somewhere to put our coats. He passes the test. I've been quite surpris….

Believe me, I've done my time travelling the world in cramped conditions and carrying my own luggage. Now my leisure is summers in the south of Franc….

I like to look put together without trying too hard. I don't want to look as if God's made another rainbow - I prefer muted, autumnal colours, like m….

Teachers are the worst. Just shameless about kicking off their rivals..

I saw George Bush at a benefit concert actually waving at Stevie Wonder. Someone had to tell him, 'He can't see you.'.

I think that in a family some are workers some are not. I certainly saw my mother work very hard and be in charge and never show any kind of fear abo….

I come from a family of traders; my grandmother and my mother were very good at making money..