I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

There was no equal pay law when I started working. I was no different to any other woman in any other job at the time.

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.