At the October Oldie Literary Lunch, we were lucky enough to host Sir Don McCullin, the world's greatest war photographer.
Don was talking about his new book, Journeys Across Roman Asia Minor, published with a commentary by Barnaby Rogerson.
He says he now prefers landscape photography to war photography – and particularly loved photographing the great Roman ruins of Turkey.
He has covered conflicts from Israel to Cyprus to Northern Ireland to Vietnam.
But, he told the audience, ‘I'm 88 and I can hardly go up the stairs without fear. The bathroom is terrible. I find the bathroom more dangerous than Vietnam.’
Many oldies will agree – flak jackets required in all bathrooms.
At Nigel Lawson's memorial service