What’s your poison? I love hot mead. Preferably sitting round a fire with friends. Or bitter shandy.
Waitrose or Tesco? Both, unfortunately. Though I get a veggie box and we buy most of our dry goods from Just Trade.
What did you have for breakfast? Muesli with cow’s milk from the milkman, and a glass of apple juice.
What’s your favourite Lewes landmark? The brewery. Isaiah and I like walking past and looking at the forklifts. And I love that smell. That’s my nostalgic Lewes smell.
How would you spend a perfect Sunday afternoon? Picking blackberries and elderflowers on Malling Down. To make blackberry and apple pie or elderflower champagne.
Can you recommend a good book? Love’s Executioner, by Irvin D. Yalom. He has a very clear way of describing the therapeutic process, and I find it fascinating and touching.
What do you think should be done with the North Street area? It should remain a place where people do practical work. Where visible and accessible activities go on, like rubbish collection.
Can you recommend a good walk? A few years ago my husband Rich and I walked from London to Rome. It took us 96 days. We had money for food, and little else. The mayors of little French towns were very kind to us, finding us somewhere to camp. When we got to St Peter’s, the object of our pilgrimage, they wouldn’t let us in because I was wearing shorts and they said our staffs were potentially offensive weapons. We went later - de-staffed and properly clad - but were disappointed. On our last day in Rome we went to the catacombs, and we felt afterwards that that place was where we’d walked to.

Barbara will be performing at the top of Castle Banks, from 7-8pm, on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th.