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

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information.

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.

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

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

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman.