A biography for Cathy Newmanhasn’t been written yet.
“Conference speeches used to be spine-tingling moments when party leaders not only roused the faithful but also soared beyond Birmingham, Blackpool, Brighton - wherever - to inspire and persuade.”
“The best presents I've ever had are pictures my children have done.”
“Yes, politicians form public policy, but shouldn't the bodies in charge of inspecting and implementing it be apolitical?”
“Clearly a small minority of corrupt MPs have tarnished the prospects of the decent hard-working majority.”
“It's a truism to say that grief affects people in different ways.”
“Farage spoke plainly about immigration and some voters loved it.”
“A karaoke session is as effective as therapy, but much cheaper.”
“The exit poll is always the first big moment of the election night.”
“Ever since dodgy dossiers and the spin which launched us into the Iraq war, trust in politics has been plummeting.”
“I have a ritual of reading before bed, no matter how tired I am.”
“In the real world, a woman as skinny as Barbie probably wouldn't have enough body fat to menstruate, nor enough space in her teeny tiny frame to accommodate more than half a liver.”
“Meeting Gandalf would be quite out of this world, but encountering Gandalf side-by-side with 'Star Trek's' Jean-Luc Picard took me to a whole new space-time continuum.”
“Co-anchoring adds warmth and informality: it's a far cry from the days when the news was read, or rather declaimed, by a lone man in a dinner suit.”
“I read every national newspaper every day.”
“Thatcher projected power in what she said and did.”
“Zelensky's mastery of communication clearly wounds Russia deeply.”
“Although I'd joined Fleet Street years after the liquid lunch fell out of favour, I was immediately struck by how damn hard journalists in D.C. worked - both men and women. There was an admirable dedication to the story, a slavish devotion to fact-checking and an almost complete absence of holidays.”
“Car crash' political interviews can make for compelling viewing.”
“I've lost count of the number of Labour Party conferences I've attended as a journalist. But I know the first was in 1999 in Bournemouth.”
“I for one would be the first to complain if it was judged I'd built my career on my wardrobe rather than my ability. And I'm sure my male colleagues would have something to say about that too.”