Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time.

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.

Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time.

The truth is, "What is a journalist?" is one of those questions for which there is no proper answer. The prehistory of modern journalism shows it has been a ragged and confusing trade all the way through.

One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys.

History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.

Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip.