On Christopher Hitchens
My candle burns at both its ends. It will not last the night. But ah my foes and oh my friends, it gives a lovely light – Edna St. Vincent Millay Over our Christmas break, the world lost one of its most erudite and eloquent of thinkers. He…
It’s Still All to Play For
Though Mitt Romney is the clear favourite for the Republican nomination, the outcome of America’s primaries is still far from certain US elections are infamously described as being “from dogcatcher to President”; in other words they’re everywhere! There’s nothing that the American political system likes better than a…
We Caused Leveson
The continued unravelling of the complex web of intrigue surrounding the issue of phone hacking and the ensuing public inquiry headed up by Lord Leveson has now been underway for twelve months, the first revelations having emerged in January of last year. The range of ‘victims’ and ‘villains’…
