![]() Very.ĭue impartiality isn’t a struggle for me. Somehow, that felt less scary than the road accident.Īnything slithery or slimy can stay away from me. During the Iraq War, a soldier fired a grenade in my direction across a bridge. We flew down a bank, then rolled and rolled. ![]() It would’ve been curtains if we’d not been belted in. The separation is important, even if memories bleed through.ĭriving through Ukrainelast year back to Kyiv, our car flipped when a tyre exploded. Certain images lives with you forever, but I compartmentalise and rarely keep track of the news when I’m not working. Reporting on disasters, violence and war is tough. I felt that around Clinton, Bush and Obama… but funnily enough not with Donald Trump. It’s not from the individual, but all the secret service, staff and fussing around. It’s just that I have old newspapers from the late 90s, and constantly collect all sorts of bits: candles, hotel soaps, ashtrays…Īmerican presidents have an aura of power. My wife would say I’m a hoarder, though I’d dispute that. Then I got the Mastermind gig – and all was finally forgiven. But I was also accepted on to the BBC training scheme. It’s what my Windrush-generation parents wanted. I studied law at university and had a place to become a barrister. A man who looked like me in the job? I knew it was possible. In the evenings, I’d watch documentaries from around the world. I had a paper round and after every shift devoured my own product. Journalism was always on the cards for me. ![]()
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