As a cub reporter, I devoured books about journalism.

While the web is very much the first draft of history, a rough-cut, it still has to be good journalism, well-sourced, reliable. Clearly, the printed form is going to have more effort put into it, going to be more reflective and relevant.

We British play an important role in Europe, even if we have a traditional and historical ambivalence towards the continent.

The Financial Times is pro-British membership of the European Union. We have taken that position for decades. But we are not starry-eyed about the European Union. And we do not believe and have not believed for at least 10 years that Britain should be part of the euro.

As a cub reporter, I devoured books about journalism.

Thanks to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, a far wider range of people take part in gathering, filtering and distributing news.

I walk into the office at Southwark Bridge every morning, and I have no idea whats going to happen.