The Irish have a flair for wringing from death the last drop of emotion and they do not quite understand those who react otherwise.

On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as presents and a few days later I decided to cycle to India.

Sunnis consider Shias a pack of unwholesome fanatics and Shias consider Sunnis a gang of lukewarm no-goods - there's nothing like religion for spreading brotherly love!

The Irish have a flair for wringing from death the last drop of emotion and they do not quite understand those who react otherwise.

... I know a number of Western children who would benefit greatly if only someone were primitive enough to inhibit the development of their personalities.

apartheid still hangs in the air like a poisonous cloud left over from chemical warfare.

It is far easier to explain to a three-year-old how babies are made than to explain the processes whereby bread or sugar appear on the table.