I remember meeting my cousin Courtney Boyle, who I am called after, only once – when I was eight years old. He was generous enough…
I remember meeting my cousin Courtney Boyle, who I am called after, only once – when I was eight years old. He was generous enough…
We held a pre-launch event for my new book The New Political Capitalism last week. It was a lively affair with many different and sometimes conflicting opinions being expressed….
Let’s start with Stalingrad. If you read Anthony Beevor’s book about the turning point of World War II, the impression is one of senseless waste….
The politically correct, like the poor, have always been with us. Take Noel Coward, for example, who was virtually drummed out of the country for…
Long-standing lib Dems, battered by a disappointing general election result – the third in a row – then had to cope with a Guardian column…
Today I went for lunch at the Corner Bakery, just opposite our home. Fortunately it had a table available, which is always touch and go….
Heaven knows, I am no supporter of Boris Johnson, but I wonder whether there may be issues – perhaps of less symbolic value – but…
“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation;…