Some people are passionate about aisles, others about window seats.

We will definitely not burn the Koran, no. Not today, not ever.

Saying We will destroy terrorism is about as meaningful as saying: We shall annihilate mockery.

Pinterest may have more travel intent data than any other site, so many people are pinning where they want to be.

It took 200 years for the Crusaders to create [this] Muslim fanaticism. It was the exact imitation of Christian intolerance.

Why do I feel so exercised about what we think of the people of the Middle Ages? ... I guess it's because so many of their voices are ringing vibrantly in my ears - Chaucer's, Boccaccio's, Henry Knighton's, Thomas Walsingham's. Froissart's, Jean Creton's... writers and contemporary historians of the period who seem to me just as individual, just as alive as we are today. We need to get to know these folk better in order to know who we are ourselves.

What is meant by: "We mustn't give in to the terrorists"? We gave in to them the moment the first bombs fell on Afghanistan.