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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience Ever get that sense that you spoke too soon? This time last week I was writing about the surprising fact that there appeared to have been a ceasefire called in the …

If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment There are a few things that mark one out as a proper grown-up. Utterances that make you realise that the age of innocence is over, and the cold hard reality of getting through life is …

Through me you enter into the city of woe. I don’t know where to start on all this. As a small child I remember asking my parents why there were such long queues at the petrol station, to be told it was because of the Yom Kippur war in the …