He is the resounding human rebuttal to all Marxist historians who think history is the story of vast and impersonal economic forces. The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man can make all the difference.

Can I say anything good about Ken Livingstone? A long time ago he did some good things, but I can't now remember what any of them were.

It hasn't taken them long, they began by telling us they would have a positive and patriotic case and they're back to project fear within minutes. There they go again they have nothing positive to say.

Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.

Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.

I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.

I'm no communist.I'm a tax cutting Conservative. But I want a capitalism that is fairer to forgotten people.