In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

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

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 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 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.

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.