10:28
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal, who died today, was interviewed by a particularly irritating interlocutor. 'Mr Vidal,' he said, 'that was utterly meretricious.' The reply was instantaneous. 'And a very Merry Christmas to you too....'
12:17
Reputation
Reputation is a brittle thing. Roger Casement (below) is a good example as is King Canute. King Canute gets a bad press. He is held up as th...
12:12
Sir Roger Casement
I have just finished reading The Dream of the Celt by MarioVargas Llosa, a fictional biography of Sir Roger Casement, the Irish Nationalist...
12:12
Eurozone woes
The Eurozone is entering yet another moment of truth. Once again the flaws in the original construct are becoming yet more apparent as a ban...
11:45
The British Summer
Kirk Douglas was filming To Catch a Spy on the West Coast of Scotland in 1970. One day he got so fed up with the rain keeping him indoors th...
11:10
Gitta Sereny
Gitta Sereny Gitta Sereny died recently. It would probably be true to say that no one has studied evil deeds and those that perpetuated them...
19:49
Television
A year or more ago I was listening to AA Gill who is, amongst other things, a television critic. He said how fed up he was with otherwise i...
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