I Wrote In The Book Very Specifically

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.

I've Never Been One To Sit Around And Eat My Heart Out. Life's Too Short.

It Wasn't Glamorous In My Day. In The Regions, Reporters Were Seen As Such Low Life That They Didn't Merit Their Name In The Radio Times. Now People Are Interested In Being Famous. I Never Gave It A Thought.

I Have No Time For The Endless Nostalgia: 'oh Gosh I Used To . . . ' Life Is Too Short; I Don't Have Any Time For Sitting And Saying I Miss Things. What's The Point? Go And Do Something Else.'

Hair Is Also A Problem. I Remember Once, When I Was Reporting From Beirut At The Height Of The Civil War, Someone Wrote In To The Bbc Complaining About My Appearance.