1. The TV show that always makes me laugh is… Father Ted.

2. The song that makes me dance is…Does Your Mother Know by ABBA.

3. The book that I could not bear to part with is… The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan.

4. The film I could watch time and again is… Not a film, but the 1995 BBC series of Pride and Prejudice.

5. The quote that lifts me up is… Currently it's "If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere" from Seamus Heaney.

6. The meal that brings me comfort is… Shepherd's pie.

7. The treat I can’t resist is… Tea and cake - on an almost daily basis - during the pandemic!

8. The person that inspires me is… My daughter Kate.

9. The place I can go to get away from it all is… Any of the fields on the highest points of our farm for a "get away from it all, yet survey everything" feeling.

10. The thing I’m most looking forward to post-pandemic is… A bookshop shopping spree, followed by a two-hour read in a nice coffee shop.

Till the Cows Come Home by Lorna Sixsmith is available in all good bookshops.

Perfecting farm life

'I can’t resist tea and cake - on an almost daily basis - during the pandemic!'

We all need to focus on the positives right now, so, in a new series, Maria Moynihan asks well-known faces about 10 things that bring them joy. This week, it’s dairy farmer and author Lorna Sixsmith.