For various reasons, I spend a disproportionate amount of my time talking to unreconstructed hippies.
A man has to work.
Hippies are an almost forgotten species these days. We just
Divine dosh
Wanna make some money?
Then get down on your knees and start to pray.
Thats right, believers. In case you hadnt heard the good news, the
Scourge no more
Two years ago, when George W. Bush identified an axis-of-evil in his State of the Union address, some in the audience were surprised to learn that Libya
I could count on the fingers of a thousand hands the number of movie characters I wish Id been.
From Jefferson Smith to T.E. Lawrence, Philip Marlowe to
France at the crossroads
Its all happening in France at the moment.
Last week, Aissa Dermouche, a 57-year-old businessman, was appointed prefect (the governments senior official) of the
Ive been in Paris the last few days, taking the bottled waters and several aspirin.
As I propped up the cocktail bar at the Ritz hotel, the White House
China in the White House
This week, China, economic superpower of the future, visited the US, economic superpower of the present. The results were most revealing.
In a remarkable move,
Europe has a problem or so says Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon.
And no, he is not referring to the suspension of the rules governing the euro. Nor to the
Marketing nations
Of course, the big news this week was Englands glorious and heroic triumph in the World Cup of Rugby.
There were other key events too. For starters,