“When it comes to the great either/or of pet ownership, I am definitely a cat per…” — Susanna Reid

There's no greater challenge, for most parents, than letting a growing teen go out into the world, knowing he is exposed to risk, but that it is also your duty to let him go.

I would love to own a dog, but somehow a dog is just not me. I've always had the distinct impression that they are less like a pet and more like another child.

After chatting happily to people all morning in my professional life, I prefer to spend quiet nights in, punctuated only by the occasional grunted demand for food from a passing teenager.

Marathon runner Sophie Raworth is always trying to get me to put my running shoes back on, but I can't match her for fitness.