I have been a journalist for nearly 45 years, including The Times for 22 years, The Sun, The Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Observer and the now defunct Today newspaper. I have also done a stint at The New York Post. I am still working as a reporter as a freelancer for a local paper in Surrey. Journalism has been my passion and my life since 1978 when it all started in 1978 under apartheid in South Africa and I have been a front-row witness to some amazing and historical events.