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

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

No two wars are identical.

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

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.