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The Tory party is like a rugby union match in which all 30 players are wearing the same strip. They're not sure who they are grabbing round the... →
While it is entirely untrue that Canadians lack a sense of humour, the funniest ones tend to head south: Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, Michael J. Fox.
Poor Harper Seven Beckham, having to live with that name all her life. It's the Boy Named Sue syndrome; at the very least it will toughen her up.
Most successful American politicians look well-fed on endorsements, campaign contributions and chicken dinners.
Remember how Margaret Thatcher came to believe that abroad was more important than at home? Didn't do her much good.
Switzerland still has a huge share of the watch market, all advertised at the airport on illuminated hoardings. Gosh, they are ugly.
Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique. It's just that they have more to buy than most other... →
The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.
A married vicar is likely to regard his vocation as a job - a tough and ill-paid one, to be sure - but a priest is seen as a pillar of the community... →
To be fair to the Inquisition, they only used confessions extracted after the torture had ended, which let them claim that admissions had been freely... →
British diplomats who worked in Iran during the 1980 hostage crisis are deeply upset by Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning film 'Argo,' which... →
One of the pleasures of staying with friends is that you get to browse their shelves. I always arrive with a book, but I almost never read it. It... →
My colleague Bill Keegan has written a very short book ('Saving the World?') on an unlikely topic - he is the first economist to try to... →
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