Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope.

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

Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope.

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.

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.

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