Random Views

There are books that change your mind about things. They can either persuade you that you were wrong in a previous belief, or they can at le...

It was curious to hear Roman Polanski’s people this morning, lining up the arguments for his being released from arrest in Switzerland witho...

It’s fascinating to see the protests in Mali against the proposed new family law, which would in particular free women from the obligation t...

So Valéry Giscard d’Estaing has written a new novel about a president of the French Republic’s love affair with a beautiful British princess...

There are experiences I’m glad to miss, others that I’m sorry not to witness. In the first category was an incident a week or so ago when th...

It’s funny how nostalgia paints idyllic views of the past. Mining was never a pleasant occupation – it was the second most dangerous in Brit...

The fact that there are clear signs of the end of the recession is, naturally, excellent news in itself. The anxieties of the last few month...