Sometimes when you meet a person you can end up seeing them not as they are but through the prism of memories. In such instances the past overwhelms the present. It’s a strange but wonderful ex...
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Have you ever done something silly and then worked yourself into a frightful tizzy about it? I do it all the time although that’s no excuse or explanation. In fact it happened again last tuesda...
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There are times when you wish someone would tell you what to think, give you their judgement on an important event and save you the trouble of finding out for yourself. I know it’s not fashiona...
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Television does strange things to one. How you are seen at the other end of the box can be radically different to how you actually look. The first time I realised this was in London. It was 1983...
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War as entertainment? It might sound odd but increasingly it’s true. I’m not referring to the surfeit of Oscar-winning films such as Saving Private Ryan or The Thin Red Line. They, after all...
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As a journalist I can tell you it’s odd to find one that everyone admires. By and large our fraternity likes to cut people down to size. Enmity or at least rivalry ensures that we don’t think...
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We look upon politicians as scoundrels who have secured the best deal for themselves. Occasionally, however, that’s not the case. There are some whose life is a story of tragedy. A few even wh...
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It might sound perverse but it’s true. The nice part of feeling ill is that you get to go to a great hospital. Of course, illness isn’t fun but then there’s always a cloud to every silver l...
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Those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make unlucky. Actually the ancient Greeks phrased themselves slightly differently but my version is no less correct. In fact in my case the opposite...
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The Finance Ministry and its mandarins are quite different to the rest of us. Not only do they do things differently but they look upon ordinary folk as the odd ones out. Perhaps this is why the ...
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