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

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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...

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'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.

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but...

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but...

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...

I will never retire.

I will never retire.

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 want to be involved in endless media gossip.

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

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...

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 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...

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from...

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from...

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...

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to...

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to...

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and...

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and...

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 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...

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...

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...