Interviews
Autowoman
"I love being able to drive my mother places, or connect people the airport or do things I could never do before, like drive into town. Okay, I still feel like a really crap driver, I'm cautious and terrified and frightened on the road but it's getting better, I can now drive with the radio on or somebody talking to me."
GI
"A lot of my friends are gay and I am very steeped in
the gay sensibility! When I first moved to Lonqon, I
lived with some gay friends in a squat on the 21st floor
of a tower block in Stoke Newington."
Ireland on Sunday
That struggle is reflected in my own life in that everything fell apart and then was pulled back together again. It has been well documented that I have been through rehab.
RTE Guide
"I have dysfunctional relationships with everything! Sandwiches, lintels! Maybe that's why the new book was so easy to write.
The Observer
Mo Mowlam is my heroine. I once lent her my comb at an awards ceremony. I was thrilled.
Independent
"It saddens me," she says, "because I want us to embrace the totality of womanhood, to say that we can wear make-up and high heels and pink, and still have very complex understandings of issues that impact on our lives.