It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.

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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...

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...

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

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...

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an...

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an...

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...

I will never retire.

I will never retire.

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 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 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...

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...

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,...

No two wars are identical.

No two wars are identical.

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,...

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...

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 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 don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.

I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.

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...