British Diplomats Who Worked In

A British Lawyer Would Like To Think Of Himself As Part Of That Mysterious Entity Called The Law; An American Lawyer Would Like A Swimming Pool And Two Houses.

Curiously, It Is Hard Not To Be A Little Optimistic About The Future For Zimbabwe (as Nobody At All Calls It Yet, Except In Political Speeches). The Fear Is Not That There Will Be Mass Slaughter Of The Whites, Followed By Their Flight To South Africa And The Collapse Of The Economy, But That The Need To Retain White Confidence May Mean That The Blacks Are Badly Disappointed.

Switzerland Still Has A Huge Share Of The Watch Market, All Advertised At The Airport On Illuminated Hoardings. Gosh, They Are Ugly.

Why Should We Subsidize Intellectual Curiosity?

Remember How Margaret Thatcher Came To Believe That Abroad Was More Important Than At Home? Didn't Do Her Much Good.