The male clerk with his quill pen and copper-plate handwriting had gone for good. The female short-hand typist took his place. It was a decisive moment in women's emancipation.

Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.

Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage impotently.

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.

When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.