I have had the opportunity to have a shave and relax in the bath and have a good English breakfast.

I got very depressed at one stage. ... When you're really depressed you think of suicide but there aren't any means of doing it.

The experience of being confined is desperate. Not going outside for four months — it's having that time stolen. I'd want to remind your readers how precious life is, and how precious the sight of a green tree would be when you're deprived of it.

It's great to be free.

I've demonstrated, you name it I've been on it, but I feel that's what I'd call cheap peacemaking.

I now need to reflect on my experience -- was I foolhardy or rational? -- and also to enjoy freedom in peace and quiet.

Where we were you could hear all the life of Baghdad, all the sounds of Baghdad outside, and that was another world.

One night, our captors took us downstairs, sat us in front of the TV, and showed us the life of Jesus on DVD in Arabic. But these are the people who shot Tom Fox in the head. People are very complex. Also, I think they wanted to keep us happy, so that we wouldn't try any desperate escape.