The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?

Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.

If you've got it, wear it.

I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.