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.

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.

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

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

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

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

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