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!

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

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.

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.

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

No two wars are identical.