I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.

There was no equal pay law when I started working. I was no different to any other woman in any other job at the time.

Not so much deliberate as, I think, instinctive. There is a right time to go looking. Some do it when they are very young, others take a few years. That's why you should never be pressurised by other people. There's a time for everyone. A lot of things probably come together subconsciously, and we say, 'I'm going to do it now.'

The confidence of vision begins with a teacher who believes in you, who pulls and pushes and guides you to the next altitude, sometimes poking you with a razor-sharp stick called "fact." Good teachers impart good education. Great teacher inspires!

I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.

I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually.