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The best thing my parents taught me… Was to not take life too seriously and to be able to laugh at yourself. When I was a child the one thing I wanted to be was… A war correspondent, bizarrely, in the middle of all the action! If I could go back in time I’d tell my 16-year-old self… To have faith that if you work hard enough and do the things you love you will have a good life. The worst job I ever had was… I’ve always looked on all my jobs as character building – including the one cleaning loos in my local cafe! My proudest moment was… When I was reporting live from Iraq and getting an exclusive story for the BBC Ten O’Clock News. I was starstruck when… I met Clint Eastwood when I was reporting for the Oscars one year. Not a lot of people know this but I’m very good at… Swimming. As a teen, I swam for the County of Essex. I was also a Young Olympian and won several events,
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but never went on to do any further training and opted to study instead.
The biggest risk I have taken in my life was… Going on foot patrol in Afghanistan. The closest I have ever come to death was… Getting mortared in Iraq. Or maybe when I was making a kayaking programme for the BBC – I really thought I was going to drown! If I wasn’t famous I would… Be working for a charity in Africa. I love the country and the people. If I were invisible for a day I would like to be… A fly on the wall in the Prime Minister’s office! If I could pass any law in this country it would be… To make rehoming the homeless a legal priority.
My dream dinner party guest would be… Elvis Presley in his prime. My favourite way to spend a weekend would be… Cycling on the South Downs with my
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husband, having a picnic and ending up at our beach hut in Brighton. If stranded on a desert island I would take… My husband, purified drinking water and, being practical, an SOS flare. I believe the secret to a happy marriage is... Good communication and fairness. For me, the best thing about autumn is… Seeing the turn of seasons – the leaves changing colour and nights drawing in. I love this time of year. And when the nights draw in I like to…
Snuggle up with my husband in front of our wood-burning stove. My philosophy is… To believe that everything will be alright in the end – and if it’s not, then it’s not the end. At the end of my life I want to be able to look back and say… That I did everything I wanted to do.
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