My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's mind and w….

Lord Castlerosse was taken to task by Nancy Astor over the size of his stomach. 'What would you say if that was on a woman?' she asked, pointedly. 'H….

Rees's First Law of Quotations: When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to George Bernard Shaw..

Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal..

It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?.

I got into New College, Oxford. The ethos was that you could work - or not..

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody..

How come there's only one Monopolies Commission?.

I was broadcast-struck from an early age; I had saved up for a tape recorder and started making programmes..

I am only too aware that I am open to Rees's Second Law of Quotation: "However sure you are that you have attributed a quotation correctly, an earlie….

People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to..

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of arm….

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain….

My toils in the quotation field have led me to formulate two or three laws about the way people use and abuse quotations. My first law is: When in do….