He walked into the bathroom, wincing at himself in the mirror, that always more tired older brother.

The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or the will to enforce significant change.

The dream of empire died when Shanghai surrendered without a fight. Even at the age of 11 or 12, I knew that no amount of patriotic newsreels would put the Union Jack jigsaw together again. From then on, I was slightly suspicious of all British adults.

At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.

Age is inevitable. Aging isn't.

Today is the youngest you will ever be