All I ask of food is that it doesn't harm me.

Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.

I've been lucky to have made a number of travel programmes with the BBC, the object being to see places off the beaten track. As a result, I've often had a guide who's been able to show me things that you wouldn't see with a tour group.

There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.

I remember queuing around the block in Sheffield when I was growing up. At that time, going to the cinema was really something special - there was something about the style of the real thing that is immeasurable nicer than multiplexes.

People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.

One of the difficult things of so much travelling is to say goodbye.