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

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When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is...

When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is...

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low...

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low...

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's...

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's...

I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time,...

I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time,...

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact...

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact...

In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of...

In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of...

I will never retire.

I will never retire.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time,...

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time,...

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low...

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low...

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist...

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist...

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at...

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at...

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up,...

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up,...

I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I...

I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I...

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things...

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things...

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never...

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never...

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains...

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains...