Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.

BBC Radio is a never-never land of broadcasting, a safe haven from commercial considerations, a honey pot for every scholar and every hare-brained nut to stick a finger into.

Killing is the payoff of war.

You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.

What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.

Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.

I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery.