I Wrote In The Book Very Specifically

In Any War, There Is A Concealment Of Certain Kinds Of Setbacks Because It's Propaganda For The Enemy.

It's Totally Mistaken To Suppose That An Armed Escort Is Going To Give A Journalist Any Protection - On The Contrary, Journalists Who Turn Up Surrounded By Armed Personnel Are Just Turning Themselves Into Targets And In Even Worse Danger.

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.

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.

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.'