Rory Stewart

When my father was posted to Malaysia, we'd take bacon-and-egg sandwiches in our backpacks and go hiking in the jungle or make bamboo rafts to sail down rivers.

When you're doing mountain rescue, you don't take a doctorate in mountain rescue; you look for somebody who knows the terrain. It's about context.

It was a bit of a surprise when I became a Tory MP. My friends said it was a stupid idea.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.