On the pigrim way: Revisiting some painful memories

25/03/2013 | Reform

I am re-reading the weekly letters my mother wrote to me from Scotland between 1964 and 1979. I approach 1974 with some reluctance.

For most of this 15-year stretch my parents lived next door to my eldest sister, Mary, and … Read More

Did Livingstone have Asperger’s?

19/03/2013 | Reform

Spending a year with David Livingstone while writing his biography, I got the definite impression that he had Asperger’s Syndrome. I didn’t mention this in the book, or anywhere else much, for the sensible reason that I don’t know anything … Read More

The sun shines on the just

18/03/2013 | Reform

The cover of the Sun – trying to avoid regulation by invoking Churchill and claiming to be the most dangerous foe of tyranny and the most vigilant guardian of the rights of the ordinary citizen – on the day that … Read More

Cut it out

14/03/2013 | Reform

We’re working on the news pages today, and sadly will not be able to find room for the story of a Welsh school teacher who was suspended from work after being filmed at break time with a lifesize cutout of … Read More

The perfect pairing

12/03/2013 | Reform

Waterproof shoes – now with free chicken pie! No more traipsing-from-shoe-shop-to-pie-shop misery.

Well done to Sainsbury, for spotting this crucial gap in the market.

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Seeing double

08/03/2013 | Reform

An interesting pair of articles on the Telegraph website this week. One reports that the BBC is courting controversy again by broadcasting an Easter message in which the gay activist Benjamin Cohen likens his experience of prejudice to the crucifixion … Read More