Tracey Ullman

As I get older, I just prefer to knit.

I hate clowns.

I'm as famous as I want to be.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy.

For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.