‘we still really enjoy each other’s company’

Make the most of the long weekend by doing a spot of baking

The TV legend talks to Georgia Trevitt about chilled Saturdays, feeling fab at 50, and her new show…

I started running in my teens. It helped after Mum died, especially if I’d just had a ‘teen strop’ with Dad (his words). We loved each other to bits, me and Dad, but that only made our confrontations

I used to feel safe with Dad, until one night changed everything

He controlled every part of my life, right down to my haircut

Marie looked around the garden, wondering why she hadn’t bought the upstairs flat instead. But no. The middle house of this terrace of three had been converted into two flats, and she’d been so excite