“Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not say”

“I don't drive around London much. Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.”