Whenever a British government announces that ‘we are going to war’ in the Middle East – this time to bomb Islamic State, or whatever it…

How to stay optimistic about the future of mankind is a problem I face largely by trying to ignore it.  The facts are too stark…

The Internet has changed ancient protocols of commerce in hundreds, perhaps thousands of industries, and it changes more by the week.   Even I, a stickler…

Let’s face it.  Whichever way the vote goes next week, the English have all along got it wrong about their Northern neighbour.  And I think…

What happened to the silly season?  The dog days of August are supposed to be the time when deputy newspaper editors scrabble around for copy…

What fun!  We’re all going to get the chance to play detectives.  I’ve always fancied myself as a sleuth.  Who shall I be, I wonder? …

Here is a question, perhaps an obvious and therefore a silly one.  What has kosher food got to do with events in Gaza? If your…

The news arrives as a shock but then, after the fact has sunk in, we all primly claim that we saw it coming all along. …

Richard Attenborough, who died yesterday, was always in recent years Dickie, a diminutive form that perfectly matched his personality and his physique. I ran into…

I’m starting to think this country is going mad. I don’t mean ‘mad’ as in having a bit of a funny spell – a touch…