I feel very sorry for those people who died, but at the same time, it does not deter me from going on hajj.

As we saw in the Queen's Speech, anti-social behaviour - a phenomenon that I believe to be a genuine worry that is also being fed by a lot of scare stories - is the political theme of the moment.

Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as 'legs' therefore it, erm, runs.

Ah, the pleasure, the joy - a big news story that runs and runs, that is played down by some of our journalistic colleagues, saying 'it'll never happen', only to be confirmed by the Home Secretary.

We studied this information very well, ... I told them to attack the place at a specific time because at the time all the terrorist cells would be there. They went and they didn't find the whole group.

It's one of the less-admired arias because the notes are not difficult. She took an aria that people take for granted and made it so riveting.