Clive Myrie: ‘The closest I’ve come to death? Coming

The journalist on throwing up at school, his admiration for aid workers, and not being there for President Bush

Born in Lancashire, Clive Myrie, 59 studied law before gaining a place on the BBC’s journalism trainee scheme. He became a foreign correspondent, winning a Peabody award in 2017 for his reporting on the plight of the Rohingya, and the David Bloom award in 2018 for his coverage of drug cartels in Mexico. In 2009 he began fronting the BBC News and in 2023 he was named RTS Network Presenter of the Year. Since 2021 he has hosted Mastermind. Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure is on BBC Two and his memoir is Everything is Everything. He is married and lives in London.

When were you happiest?
Whenever I’m with my wife and I’m not preoccupied with work.