ABSTRACT
Many individuals played a part in resuscitating me and guiding my faltering progress. Prime amongst them must be Allan. He was then the BBC’s Chief Correspondent in Moscow. In 1999, this was a relatively safe posting for a foreign correspondent accustomed to warzones, as he had been for many years, working in the Balkans, Africa and the Middle East, often in extreme and dangerous situations. The last place he expected to experience trauma was London.
