Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.

You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so.

It's a tragedy that modernity has released this Ebola beast into the world. It renders humans untouchable, and that's sickening. The international response so far has been scandalous. China has delivered f**k all.

Everything that's rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need to get over the shock that that thing is actually happening and that thousands of millions of people around the world are watching.

Blair has called Africa 'a scar on our conscience'. It is more. It is the gaping wound of the world's soul.