Jacob is a German Shepherd. (I have never understood why they aren't called German Sheepdogs. What do the Germans call shepherds?)

I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.

Malta is the only country in the world where the local delicacy is the bread.

10.30 Newsnight: What Are The Chances Of World War Three Breaking Out After You Have Gone To Bed?

Television is more interesting than people. If it were not we should have people standing in the corner of our room.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

Can anything match that first fine discovery of the telephone and all it stood for? That first realization that, contained within ten simple digits, lay the infinitely possible? Out there ... lay six billion ears, all the people in the world available for contact and mystery and insult, unable to resist the beckoning of one small and villainous forefinger.