The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it. — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
On the whole, when the unexpected danger happens to you, you're thinking so fast, you're thinking so hard, every bit of you is alive… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
Twenty-four hour news delivers people who stand and talk to camera rather than deliver reported packages with their own camera crew where it's happening. — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy. — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
“the less we fear that foreigners are going to kill us, the less we’re interested in them’.” — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
There was no equal pay law when I started working. I was no different to any other woman in any other job at the… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse. — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
