Doing oral history this way means opening oneself to the potential for radical change.
As manufacturing is already competitive, that means opening up the inefficient, cosseted services sector especially finance.
This means opening up existing woodlands and creating new ones accessible to the public.
That means opening up all but core policing functions to competition.
The middle means marriage, and sharing, it also means opening up to the grinchy day-to-day reality.
That means opening up our politics to let in more women and more people from working class backgrounds too.
And it means opening up the delivery of public services to charities, social enterprises and private companies.
But it also means opening the door as wide as we can on capital spending to transform Britain's infrastructure.
Big success in the film business often means opening a can of worms along with the champagne.
To me, "independence" means opening to Europe and to the whole world and, hopefully, progress, research and welfare.
This also means opening up Yahoo's platform to allow developers to write applications, the way Facebook does.
