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

Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip.

My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.

The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry

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.

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.