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.

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

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.

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.

I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.

No two wars are identical.

War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.