Anthea Turner
Anthea Turner
Anthea Millicent Turneris an English television presenter and media personality, best known for co-hosting GMTV from 1994 until 1996 and Blue Peter...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth25 May 1960
clothes vanity grace
I have always liked clothes - throughout my life, my saving grace has been my own vanity.
jobs school holiday
When I was 16 I got a school holiday job at Minton's pottery factory in Staffordshire, packing plates. For a month's work, I was paid £44. Everything I now know about the birds and the bees, I learnt there.
wise eye home
One wise decision I made was buying a plot of land with planning permission in Richmond, and building my own five-bedroom home on it. I sold three years after I completed the building and more than doubled my money. I like Richmond and always have my eyes open for other properties in the area.
school divorce thinking
Divorce is the biggest drain, outside of school fees, and nobody wins. People think it is always in the woman's favour, but it is not necessarily.
divorce awful way
I have worked and earned all my life and have found that divorce is an expensive process. Whichever way you look at it, you are going to halve your wealth. If you can avoid it, do. It is an awful process.
age earning moveable-feast
I am now at the age where I can withdraw a 25 per cent tax-free lump sum. I do not put in a set amount because my earnings are a moveable feast.
people one-day ease
A lot of people live in a property that will one day be part of their pension, and that is true for me too. I have an investment I can sell with ease.
world investment mess
Unless you completely understand the investment world, do not mess around with it. It is not something I would go anywhere near.
witch taxes cents
Of course, we all have to be taxed, but once you start to earn more than £150,000, and start paying 45 per cent tax, you are penalised. It is like a witch hunt.
running home wells
It's cool to have a well run, comfortable and inviting home.
party diaries events
A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household.
cleaning clean get-away
There's no getting away from it: you have to clean.
thinking people incentives
People who earn reasonable amounts are being turned into the anti-Christ. I think 45 per cent tax is a colossal amount to take off somebody, and it is taking away the incentive to earn.
pride housewife ifs
If you are a housewife, take pride in that.