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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.