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Gloves Off

I remember a BBC documentary about Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, broadcast in the last century. It was deferential and dull.

First Novels

“Everyone has a novel in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay.”

Soft Power

Seems like yesterday but it was five years ago, January 2016, when I wrote about Soft Power.

What News on the Rialto?

There’s a paucity of news from Margravine Gardens so I must make bricks without straw.

Falconer’s Covid Gaffe

That’s the headline on page nine of The Times yesterday. Here’s the story.

A Shot in the Arm

The mountain of rubble that was once the West London Magistrates’ Court does not seem to diminish.

He Chose David

Duff Cooper was tremendously productive. His duties as British Ambassador in France exceeded the demands placed on diplomats today.

A Drinker and a Diplomat

“With regard to drink I have decided to adopt a system based on the division of days with five categories – as follows.

The Dogs’ Bollocks

After writing about Commonplace Books at the end of last month I decided to jot down items that caught my eye this month.

I have met Lord Butler more than once, actually only twice. When I sat beside him after dinner on High Table at University College, Oxford, where at the time he was Master, he told me the apogee of his career was the Good Friday Agreement. He was Cabinet Secretary then.

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