TYPHOON – a new spy-novel that pulls no punches Every now and then a book comes my way which gets under my skin – and I instantly feel a blog coming on. I love Read More » 10th July 2008 1 Comment
When words mean nothing… even to the Chinese… The horrors of China’s earthquake are rightly dominating the news – and what with the disaster in Burma, it has been a gruesome few days. Read More » 19th May 2008 4 Comments
Tibet, Truth & Tolerance – or is that impossible? I go past this place several times a week. And there’s the same rather motley, and to my unenlightened eyes, peculiar crew who hang out Read More » 18th March 2008 4 Comments
life after death: the general, the comic genius and the terracotta emperor You may have seen the brouhaha that (eg picked up by Ruth Gledhill’s blog) recent remarks of General Sir John Dannatt has caused. He is Read More » 19th October 2007 No Comments