History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts..

Androgynous fashion, long hair, the Pill, a new interest in the inner psychological life - an unabashed sloppiness, if you will - really marks the si….

The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry.

My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire..

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain..

The business of funding digging journalists is important to encourage. It cannot be replaced by bloggers who don't have access to politicians, who do….

One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys..

The truth is, "What is a journalist?" is one of those questions for which there is no proper answer. The prehistory of modern journalism shows it has….

Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing fear, interest, laughter or shock..

The great background question about the Labour governments of the sixties is whether with a stronger leader they could have gripped the country's big….

Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time..

Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip..

Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope..