Lawyers are predators in grey worsted

Not only had he lost the only girl he'd ever loved, he'd lost her in duplicate, like some heartbroken but highly efficient civil servant.

At any given time, ninety-nine-point-nine-five per cent of the human race are a confounded nuisance

Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.

American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot, sunny day. It's never really caught on in the UK, probably because the last time we had a hot, sunny day was back in 1957.

After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of