#on

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make. ↗

— Kate Adie

#being #coverage #illustration #live #make

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. ↗

— Kate Adie

#being #being used #first #freedom #gulf

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. ↗

— Kate Adie

#also #appearance #bbc #beirut #civil

I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize. ↗

— Kate Adie

#am #fiction #had #i #i am

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

— Kate Adie

#i #person #sit #sort #speculate

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter. ↗

— Kate Adie

#nothing #reporter #selection #stories

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. ↗

— Kate Adie

#become #church #england #expected #i

In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of a helicopter and, when we were in Bosnia, I drove an armoured vehicle, thousands of miles. ↗

— Kate Adie

#drove #hanging #helicopter #i #just

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. ↗

— Kate Adie

#always #believing #british #contact #gone

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman. ↗

— Kate Adie

#assume #back-up #cameraman #costume #driver