812  I will never retire.

829  I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

775  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.

806  I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

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