Liberalism is a really old British tradition and it has a completely different attitude towards the individual and the relationship between the individual and the state than the collectivist response of Labour and particularly Old Labour does.
It was Julie Burchill who decreed that beyond a certain age a man should not be seen in a leather jacket.
Travel books are by and large boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact...
Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own...
Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining...
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely...
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open.
