No two wars are identical.
My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.
In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of a helicopter and, when we were in Bosnia, I drove an armoured vehicle, thousands of miles.
I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
I will never retire.
I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.
But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.
I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually.
I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.
Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.
Not so much deliberate as, I think, instinctive. There is a right time to go looking. Some do it when they are very young, others take a few years. That's why you should never be pressurised by other people. There's a time for everyone. A lot of things probably come together subconsciously, and we say, 'I'm going to do it now.'
Only the Brits do this as for the military from the rest of Europe and NATO - you could die in front of them and they would take no notice.
I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
I remember she had these long, lovely nails with red varnish, in the middle of this shitty place we were in
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.
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 illustration of the progress we still have to make.
I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
Maybe she simply cared in a self-protective way. Doing something on impulse, ... well, it can work, but there are a lot of examples that say, 'Better to leave well alone and do what you can as a reporter.' You do get into situations where you think, 'What should I do Shouldn't I intervene Shouldn't I do something' I think if you get to that point you have to make a decision. I've said to people, if you feel it's wrong just being a reporter and you can't do enough, well it's time to become an aid worker and train to be someone who really knows what to do. No good standing around snapping a notebook.
If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way
and I owe her a huge amount for that. I don't have any conflict there. Some of my foundlings said this is the person who looked after you, who wiped your nose and held your hand and cuddled you when you fell down. This is your mum. This is it.
There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise. Close siblings were less common, ... It seemed.
Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being traded as commodities and stolen.
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