When I was younger, I thought that was all you needed. If you understand physics, how hard can it be to run a team? The idea that some skills, like managing people, are not correlated with scientific IQ — in fact some of them are negatively correlated to scientific IQ — took me a while to figure out.

Last week, when I decided to rewrite the children’s book I’ve been working on.

I always thought I would be a terrible driver because I’m sort of a wafty person, but it turns out I am very good at staying in between the lines. I passed my test last year.

I changed my mind on airing my views. Sometimes silence is better.

To Gorka Márquez, who was my Strictly partner, for not winning the glitterball in 2022.

Jealousy. It’s the thief of joy.

Losing my eyesight – I live for the view, and the sunset and the sunrise.

Good memories. When I’m gone, I want them to feel that they were always my No 1 priority.

My new year resolution is actually to read all the classics and I’m ashamed that I haven’t read everything by the Brontë sisters.

That you get out of life what you put in. When you grow up on a farm you literally reap what you sow.