Jon Snow

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

Diary - Jon Snow

• 23 May 2005

I'd have felt happier if Gordon Ramsay had left out the mushroom veloute with sauteed cepes. To starve at Claridge's - now that would be the thing

US election diary - Jon Snow

• 08 November 2004

There's someone, not on the ballot, who has really done well, and that's God

Diary - Jon Snow

• 22 July 2002

Tony O'Reilly met Frank Longford in the shower after an Ireland v France rugby match. O'Reilly was naked, Longford in a black overcoat and Homburg hat . Diary

In the old Tramshed, Prince Charles proves surprisingly unstuffy. Not good for one's republican principles

• 18 September 2000

Culture shock: even Ouagadougou cannot escape the lure of Bournemouth

• 04 October 1999

As the election results came in, the phone rang: it was Donald Dewar, wanting Jim Wallace's home number

• 17 May 1999