Dame Joan Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, has newly discovered the benefits of a lunchtime nap.
No one could blame her. Yesterday she celebrated her 90th birthday and is currently 12 chemotherapy sessions into ongoing treatment following an operation to remove colon cancer before Christmas. Yet, I can’t help but notice, she doesn’t seem to be factoring one in the day we speak - she’s heading out to meet a friend for lunch.
The powerhouse broadcaster, journalist, writer and Labour peer, who has been working pretty relentlessly for over six decades, isn’t a napper by nature.
