It is a sad truth that apprenticeships fell out of favour in Britain in the Seventies and Eighties, when the manufacturing industries shed jobs and the construction industry went into decline.

Fiona Barton

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A lot of people think journalists are criminals, and there are some who haven't helped us. But the media is essential for democratic society.

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As a journalist, your words are regularly read by lots of people, but they're not your words: they're someone else's. You're quoting people.

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Writing is not just about putting words on a page. Ideas have to cook first.

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Garrison Keillor's 'Lake Wobegon' books create a world I can immerse myself in over and over. I love the deadpan humour, the warmth, and the wonderful characters in The Sidetrack Tap. I discovered them when I was about 30, starting with 'Leaving Home' and 'We Are Still Married,' and fell in love with the place and those flat Midwestern vowels.

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I like my villains clever, deep, and driven by pure evil.

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