Diary
Articles in Diary
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Life & Society
Red wine and a new beginning
- 15 November 2007
Having survived tuberculosis in my twenties, I assumed there'd be no more illness from then on. How wrong can one be?
UK Politics
Why Brown won't read THAT book
- 08 November 2007
- 1 comment
Jessica, my eldest daughter, asks: "Why are you writing these things that make people angry?"
Middle East
The King and I
- 01 November 2007
How I almost walked out on an audience with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah
Life & Society
Tell the ambassador we haven't a clue
- 25 October 2007
Condoleezza Rice arrives in a US motorcade with CIA outriders and no one in the police or government has the foggiest idea what's going on - it's a metaphor for the peace process
Africa
A date with two Gores
- 18 October 2007
Vidal is still the best company of all, but Al arrives looking visibly troubled
World Affairs
Hail to the Potus
- 11 October 2007
The PR department insists on calling me an "anchorman" - which, in England, conjures up burgundy jackets, waxed moustaches and hair moulded like marzipan
Life & Society
Get a flat-pack divorce from Ikea
- 04 October 2007
My wife has been accusing me of not having enough "Puritan" in my psychology, which is why, apparently, I take so many taxis
Politics
Back to the future
- 27 September 2007
- 3 comments
It seems to me just possible that at last we may have a Croslandite Prime Minister
Life & Society
The French need their fax
- 20 September 2007
Word comes from Tehran that the president wants to do an interview. Unsurprisingly, there are no direct flights between the US and Iran. The quickest way is via Paris. Tickets are going at $900 apiece
Life & Society
The titans vie for the ultimate moment
- 13 September 2007
Perhaps conscious of Ralph Lauren's looming 40th anniversary, Valentino threw down the gauntlet, shipping in additional columns to Rome's Forum
