Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.

Things like Abu Ghraib and even Guantanamo are not new things: there are many precedents.

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.

George W. Bush is always protesting that he has the fate of the world in mind and bangs on about the 'freedom-loving peoples' he's seeking to protect. I'd love to meet a freedom-hating people.