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The more things change, the French say, the more they stay the same. We should salute the courage of the Japanese people who have just voted...

In John le Carré’s Little Drummer Girl , there’s a moment when Joseph tells Charlie ‘after dinner, as your personal Mephistopholes, I shall ...

A female colleague of mine once said to me that the difference between men and women is that ‘men think sport matters’. It’s certainly true,...

It’s been fascinating to watch the great US healthcare debate from this side of the Atlantic. The exciting bit for us in England is when the...

Time is the devourer of things. Though sometimes it just nibbles, while at others it takes big bites. Janka, our dog, enjoys nothing more th...

Many people believe that man is the peak of evolution, or creation, depending on their point of view. But it seems to me that actually the s...

It sometimes seems to me that we’re surrounded by all sorts of sources of homespun philosophy aimed at teaching us a little wisdom. Sometime...