NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits. Joanna Lumley applyconstructiongiraffe Change image and share on social
Ah, Scotland. I am three-parts Scottish and terribly proud of it, although maybe we should divide it into eighths, because my two-eighths are Danish and English, the Lumley part. But the bulk of the rest of me is Scottish - and Scottish ministers especially. Joanna Lumley bulkdanishdivide share on social
I can't see any difference in having your hair dyed, your teeth fixed, your nose done, or your face smoothed out or lifted. Joanna Lumley differencedyeface Change image and share on social
As soon as you reach a certain age, you're thrown onto a kind of mental scrap heap. Joanna Lumley ageheapkind Change image and share on social
To be in something as iconic as a Dracula film, and to be playing Jessica van Helsing, who would have been Dracula's choice for a bride, through history and beyond the grave, was a thrill. Joanna Lumley bridechoicedracula Change image and share on social
I love being a grandmother. That feeling you have for your own child - you don't ever think it will be replicated, and I did wonder if I would have to 'pretend' with my grandchildren. But my heart was taken on day one. Joanna Lumley childdayfelt share on social
Women are very different to men, and that hasn't been respected. So when people say there's never been a good woman painter or poet or engineer or whatever, they don't understand that our skills are many simultaneously and men's skills are single. Joanna Lumley engineergoodman share on social
I hate the hand that comes out of a car and just drops litter in the street. I hate that! For some reason, it just fills me with fury! It's just utter laziness, lack of interest in other people, lack of interest in the planet, in the hedgehog who might eat the plastic bag, it's a lack of concern. Joanna Lumley bagcarconcern share on social