Lovely Mama at Manana Mama has just tagged me. So now I've got to bare all. I hope my happiest moment is yet to come. I have gone straight to The Guardian piece that inspired MM's tag, and have not come up with my own version (as the ever-creative MM has). We have Wyoming in common when it comes to happiness!
When were you happiest?
Oh God - can I have three moments? No, make that four:
1.When I realised I was pregnant with my twin girls
2. & 3. in South Africa and Wyoming, both times up a mountain on a horse (not the same one, and not when pregnant).
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| My POV astride the stupendous horse Ace, descending a mountain into a lush valley |
4. Walking my dogs down a valley in Gloucestershire where we rented the gatehouse of a famous writer.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Bryn Parry (
Help for Heroes charity founder) for showing us that compassion and drive can take us a long way
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Insecurity
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Unreliability
What was your most embarrassing moment?
At Prep school when, as usual, I wasn't concentrating in a history lesson and thought shell-shock happened on a beach
What is your most treasured possession?
My under-used office at the end of our garden
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| My office in the London snow |
What makes you unhappy?
Selfishness
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Frown lines
Who would play you in the film of your life?
Meryl-bloody-Streep - sometimes my life is
that serious
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| The most flattering photo of Meryl Streep of all time? |
Which living person do you most despise, and why?
Nicole Kidman - overrated and over-botoxed
What is your favourite book?
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
What is your guiltiest pleasure?
Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate
What do you owe your parents?
I owe my father everything, and I owe my mother a care for personal grooming
To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why?
My father, for not being able to introduce him to his grandchildren
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My children
What does love feel like?
Unconditional, except when I'm tired and somebody is tantrumming
What was the best kiss of your life?
Wiith an ex-flatmate in Antibes in about 1998
Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?
Bradley Cooper for sex appeal, Michael Macintyre for humour, Daphne du Maurier for creativity, and closest friends for friendship.
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| Bradley Cooper: the photo speaks for itself |
If you could bring something extinct back to life, what would you choose?
My Greek rescue dog, Klefti
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| Klefti, our charismatic Greek stray and a very pregnant me (not sure why K is wearing a harness and a lead) |
What is the worst job you've done?
At the BBC working for a woman who hated.....women
What has been your biggest disappointment?
The conviction that I needed to settle down in my early thirties
If you could go back in time, where would you go?
The Wild West
When did you last cry, and why?
Can't remember, but it won't have been long
How do you relax?
Yoga
What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
A bigger home
What song would you like played at your funeral?
Imagination by Belouis Some
How would you like to be remembered?
Did her best (kind of)
