The former Tory MP and junior health minister on her most unappealing habit and why she never has to buy her own drinks when in Brighton
Born in Liverpool, Edwina Currie, 70, won a scholarship to Oxford University where she read philosophy, politics and economics. She became an MP in 1983 and served in Margaret Thatcher’s government. Since losing her seat in 1997 she has written novels and non-fiction, including her diaries, which revealed her affair with John Major. She appears in The Baby Boomers’ Guide To Growing Old, now on More 4. She is married and lives in Derbyshire.
When were you happiest?
I am happy now.