• Full name:
• Catherine Bush (NB: was not christened with a middle name, but has the 'given' middle name of Mary)

• Birth date:
• 30th July 1958 (Bexleyheath Maternity Hospital)

• Ancestry:
• English / Irish

• Father:
• John Bush (London [doctor])

• Mother:
• Hannah Bush (Dublin [dancer, nurse])

• Siblings:
• Two older brothers, John ('Jay') and Patrick ('Paddy')

• Childhood home town:
• Welling, Kent

• Schooling:
• Catholic convent grammar for girls, Kent. Dropped out at 16 to become a pop star just after passing 10 GCE O-levels - included French and Latin (I think)

• Childhood ambitions:
• Doctor, vet, psychiatrist, then writer possibly (of poetry?). Nearly went to Newcastle University to begin a career in social work!

• Home base:
• Currently Reading, Berkshire (LH); formerly Kent

• Height:
• 5ft 3½in. (1.61m)

• Weight:
• Range 7 - 8 stones (98 - 112lbs, 44 - 50kg)

• Build:
• Slim, "with the bone structure of a sparrow" (TWS)

• Hair:
• Dark brown, auburn highlights

• Eyes:
• Hazel

• Interests:
• Primary: music, dance, mime, drama.

• Secondary:
• television, films, classical music, animals, books (not so much in adult life), modern / alternative comedy, gardening (grows her own vegetables and herbs), baking bread

• Married:
• Never

• Partner:
• Danny McIntosh

• Eating habits:
• Vegetarian, but is known to include fish

• Favourite food:
• Chocolate

• Drinking habits:
• Doesn't like alcohol

• Favourite drink:
• Tea

• Drugs:
• Never

• Favourite exercise:
• After dancing, cycling (I think)

• Favourite animals:
• Cats

• Favourite colour:
• Black (I think)

• Preferred dress:
• Loose trouser suits, jeans, jackets, blouses, pullovers, bare feet

• Vices:
• Is addicted to the demon weed. Rolls her own cigarettes or used to

• Virtues:
• Has never been known to lose her temper

• Dislikes:
• Sarcasm, even in jest

• Phobias:
• Is supposed to be nervous about flying and doesn't like talking about it, but this is much more likely to be 'rumour-mongering'

• Innovations:
• Is credited with inventing the hands-free boom microphone 'head-set', originally for the (one and only) 1979 UK tour; is like a telephonist's head-set but without the ear-phones. The prototype was made from a wire coat-hanger