"Revolted Mortimer! He never did fall off, my sovereign liege, But by the chance of war; to prove that true Needs no m…"

"There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream. Sabrina is her name,…"

"The Danube to the Severn gave The darken’d heart that beat no more; They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the h…"

"From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain, From north and south the sign returns And beacon…"

"High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam Islanded in Severn stream; The bridges from the steepled crest Cross the water eas…"

"Salve amnis laudate agris, laudate colonis, Dignata imperio debent cui mœnia Belgæ! Amnis odorifero juga vitea consit…"

"Editorial work came easily to me, but it was always a means to an end – it consumed me, it interested me, but I still…"

"Much of my work is about love," she says. "I know that sounds naive, but it is about my relationship with people and …"

"The common link was that they all felt unloved as kids. I actually felt the whole thing wasn't that psychologically i…"

"I think that anyone who is working creatively is a bit like litmus paper," she concludes. "I soak up a lot of stuff. …"