Do they make them like this any more?

She's 89. She helped break Hitler's codes during the war at Bletchley Park. She's known for being a feisty outspoken woman - which is why, I guess, she is still sitting in the House of Lords doing her thing as only she can.

In 1989, she was the country's oldest female minister (Agriculture, Fish and Food) and when she was a guest on Desert Island Discs she chose as her luxury object the Crown Jewels, since she thought it would increase her chances of a quick rescue!

Today, however, she made the Daily Mail in a picture of which she may (or may not) be proud. She was caught by the cameras doing a two fingered salute to a fellow peer, Lord King (who I used to know quite well when he was the local MP for my first newspaper, the Bridgwater Mercury, in Somerset)

Whether or not the great lady intended a two fingered salute, she is not a stranger to interesting photos.

I thought you'd like this one. Unusual, to say the least.

Apparently she's a member of the Parliamentary Smokers' Club! Clearly smoking agrees with her!