An interview with a very bright, chirpy ex­-air hostess who now edits the BA staff magazine. One thought­-provoking question. If I was able to travel in time would I go for the future or the past? I unhesitatingly plump for the past, which I suppose betrays my literary and artistic preferences over scientific curiosity. Choose Ancient Egypt or Elizabethan England – tempted by the prospect of going to the world premiere of Hamlet.