Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.

I never desired to go into war zones. I never had any thought about it. It sort of just happened as part of the job.

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 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.

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

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.