My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Thanks to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, a far wider range of people take part in gathering, filtering and distributing news.

As a cub reporter, I devoured books about journalism.

I walk into the office at Southwark Bridge every morning, and I have no idea whats going to happen.

We British play an important role in Europe, even if we have a traditional and historical ambivalence towards the continent.

But I do think that Brexit, an exit of Britain from the European Union, would trigger real pressure on the United Kingdom.

We have Trumpist (ph) tendencies in Europe. Look up Marine Le Pen in France. Look at the Five Star Movement headed by a clown by profession, Beppe Grillo, in Italy.

I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.

I wouldn't change what happened to me because then I wouldn't have this chance, in front of all of you, to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.

Never allow anything or anyone to cause you to stop loving yourself unconditionally. Your presence on earth is undoubtedly priceless.

You might not want to fight for the things that others would fight for, like money or notoriety, but fight all the same. Whatever it is that you want, go after it with all that you have in you.

And does he like blondes, as well?'Rob laughed. I had forgotten just how great a laugh he had. 'No, he prefers, dark haired women. You've nothing to fear from the Sentinel, Nicola.

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were.

Apologizing makes me feel vulnerable. And strong. Expressing gratitude makes me feel vulnerable. And strong. Maybe there's something to this vulnerability/strength connection, eh?

To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual.

No time of life is so beautiful as the early days of love, when with every meeting, every glance, one fetches something new home to rejoice over.

Energy is not only the basis of our existence, it is the fuel that makes everything in our lives real and possible.