In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the... →
Paul Harris
As much as I don't want to admit it, I really am a people pleaser. If I throw a party at my house, it's hard for me to relax. I'm too... →
Rachael Harris
If one tries to think about history, it seems to me - it's like looking at a range of mountains. And the first time you see them, they look one... →
Robert Harris
The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.
Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling... →
One gains a double benefit in writing about the past, conjuring up how things might have been, and at the same time acquiring a different perspective... →
Social mores change all the time. In the mid-1970s, it would've been astonishing, say, to see two men holding hands in the streets. And the... →
I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics - especially if you're there for a long time.
My father left school at 14, my mother at 13. My father was clever and well-read. He took a newspaper, always watched the news, discussed it all the... →
I remember very vividly what it's like to be a child. The adults you liked were the ones who listened to you when you spoke and gave you time to... →
Rolf Harris