When you're young, you think life is forever, but it's finite. I'm 68, so even by the maddest measurements, I'm in the last bit of life. Joanna Lumley bitefiniteforever Change image and share on social
Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy of being a grandmother is wonderful. Joanna Lumley absolutelygorgeousgrandmother Change image and share on social
People have always tut-tutted about actors stepping out of line politically. And I can sort of see it because what you've got your fame for is not being someone who can influence things, so it's cheating. Joanna Lumley actorcheatfame share on social
I was 21 and had been going out with my boyfriend for two years when I found out I was pregnant - despite being told by doctors that I was sterile. Jamie's father and I hadn't discussed marriage, and to me, it wasn't something to be entered into just to stop gossip. Joanna Lumley boyfrienddiscussdoctor share on social
Giraffes are fairytale animals, almost heraldic - as if from the land of fables. They have extremely beautiful faces, huge eyes, very sensitive nostrils and oh, blue tongues! Joanna Lumley animalbeautifulblue 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 cut the labels out of my clothes because they scratch. Clothes are just little workhorses, aren't they? Joanna Lumley clothecutlabel Change image and share on social
Even clingfilm - if it's gone over a salad bowl, take it off, use it again. I wash out carrier bags; I save brown paper from parcels. I save string; I save ribbons. I separate all my bits and pieces. Joanna Lumley bagbitbowl Change image and share on social
I'm a pathetic haggler and often give more than the original price out of a misplaced sense of duty. Joanna Lumley dutygivehaggler Change image and share on social
There is something so quiet and so industrious, something so Viking about the Scots. Joanna Lumley industriousquietscot Change image and share on social
