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.

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764 I will never retire.
776 I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
725 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.
743 I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
728 I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

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