For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.
I had two experiences of criminality: one was my conman father, the other was teaching at Eton
The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.
Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby.
To possess another language is to possess another soul.
Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves.