A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody book that’s ever been written.

Tape is the archiving champ and has been for decades. Reliable, less expensive than disks and available in large-scale robotic systems that store petabytes.

I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics, especially if you're there for a long time.

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.

I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

The financial world is at the cutting edge of high technology.