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.

Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a double blessing.

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

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

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

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!

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.