I was a decent cook - competent enough to turn out the standard Eighties chalet fare: beef Wellington, banoffee pie, Delia's chocolate… — Mary Nightingale Beef Copy Share Image
The challenge of election broadcasting is to stick to the story and line. — Mary Nightingale Challenge Copy Share Image
'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier was the first grown-up book I read, when I was aged about 12. — Mary Nightingale About Copy Share Image
Stats are stats but if you want to be sure you're going to have, say, three children with no problems, you should… — Mary Nightingale Around Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what you look like. If you can't do the job you will soon be found out. — Mary Nightingale Found Copy Share Image
I'm a good dressmaker. When I was a student I made all my own clothes, and earned good money making ball gowns… — Mary Nightingale Clothes Copy Share Image
Gradually, we fell in love with camper-vanning. It's a strange business to begin with - rather like driving a large, rather flimsy… — Mary Nightingale Business Copy Share Image
I was offered a screen test for a business show on Japanese TV. I did it for a laugh, really, and I… — Mary Nightingale Brave Copy Share Image
It's not your job to be warm on the news; you can be empathetic, but you can't emote. That can be difficult… — Mary Nightingale Compassion Copy Share Image
I didn't come from the sort of family where Daddy would provide - so I had to work. — Mary Nightingale Come Copy Share Image
First off, it's a bit of a tired old chestnut that if a woman is pretty than she can't be bright. God… — Mary Nightingale God Copy Share Image
Newsrooms are still highly competitive, demanding environments. You have to be robust to hold your own amidst the alpha males and females. — Mary Nightingale Alpha Copy Share Image
It was a deliberate policy not to invite Hello!' into my home. I could have done that stuff and made a lot… — Mary Nightingale Done Copy Share Image
There is a choice you can make. You can want to be a firework and are comfortable with fame. You love it… — Mary Nightingale Choice Copy Share Image
We spent our honeymoon at a fabulous place called the Grapevine Canyon Ranch near Tucson, Arizona, and totally fell for the City… — Mary Nightingale Children Copy Share Image
My miscarriage made me realize that many modern career women take on too much. — Mary Nightingale Career Copy Share Image
When I entered my first newsroom in the late 80s it was packed with young people, a fairly balanced ratio of men… — Mary Nightingale Late Copy Share Image
On Sunday morning, I'll read the papers and listen to The Archers' omnibus - I love radio at the weekend especially Any… — Mary Nightingale I love Copy Share Image
For me, weekends are more for unwinding than going out on the town. — Mary Nightingale Going Copy Share Image
We're never home later than 9:30 P. M. and once the children are in bed, Paul and I have some wine and… — Mary Nightingale Bad Copy Share Image
I took a while to fall in love with Val d'Isere. It was November 1985 and, keen to delay getting a 'serious… — Mary Nightingale Delay Copy Share Image
I became a chalet girl for one simple reason: I couldn't afford to go skiing. I had got the bug when I… — Mary Nightingale Bug Copy Share Image
