Yeah, I'm really excited about the album. 'Here It Comes Again', the first single is definitely one of my favourites. Another favourite which is very different to the first one is 'Reason', the title track. It's a beautiful song. It's voice, piano and strings and isn't anything like what I've done before.

I always like to experiment and try out different things. I find that song very exciting and hopefully, as my career develops, I will try other things that I haven't done before.

Well, I was lucky because 'Northern Star' was really successful which meant that I could tour quite extensively. I was touring on and off for about two years. I was going all around Europe, the Middle East, America, Australia and South-East Asia. It actually ended up that I did more shows as a solo artist than I did with the Spice Girls. Other than that I had a little bit of a rest before going straight back into the studio!

It went really well. We all met up at Victoria's house and it was really nice to see each other again. A lot of the stuff you read about us in the tabloids isn't true, so it was nice to see everyone was really well and happy. It was nice!

Right. She actually had a cook in who made really lovely food. It was all very healthy. We had homemade vegetable soup with homemade bread for starter. We had white fish that was stuffed with prawns and herbs with vegetables and baby potatoes. And we had a very healthy dessert which was fresh fruit.

Oh my goodness! We were all scoffing because it was pretty late and we were talking so much that we didn't really take notice of the food!

Well, Victoria had lots of different CD's running, but I remember that Anastasia and Justin Timberlake were playing. They were all pretty different.

The Spice Girls were fantastic and I really enjoyed doing it. I am so proud to have been part of it. But, you know now that the Spice Girls were so successful that record companies have jumped on the bandwagon. There are some great bands out there and some great pop acts, but there's also some rubbish. However, the stuff that isn't really that great doesn't tend to last anyway. I don't think that I would really have been a fan of the Spice Girls anyway. It was never my taste in music that I bought. It was lots of fun doing it, but it was never the kind of stuff that I enjoyed listening to.

Everything that happened to me when I was with the Spice Girls was invaluable. It was an amazing experience and I learnt a lot musically and how to work in the studio. We toured for about six months, doing about 104 shows. Doing all that live work was great training as a singer. I learnt how to deal with the press and the media which enabled me to go on to have a solo career. I'm very grateful.

You know what. I really don't think that I would have got into the music industry without being in the Spice Girls. It's something that I really don't want to think about too much!

From the whole Pop Idol thing, I really think that Will Young is an amazing vocalist. I think he's the kind of singer that has longevity. He's a really nice and intelligent guy which gives him a lot of staying power. I bumped into Blue recently and have been really surprised. They're really talented boys.

I don't know. I never like to rule anything out and I enjoy collaborating with other artists. Maybe in the future, but I have no plans to at the moment.

It's definitely about being nice to yourself. I'm lucky that I enjoy exercise. I'm down the gym three times a week. I eat sensibly and water, water, water, water. Drink loads of it. And lastly, plenty of sleep. I know that it sounds a bit boring, but it's not.

[laughs] No. I'd be too embarrassed.

Oh my goodness! I would say that Atomic Kitten are definitely a credit to Liverpool! I think that the people of the city are very proud of Atomic Kitten. They're good girls with good voices. Big up the Kittens!

No a have a short-haired lover from Surrey! [laughs]