The only drawback to opting out of the news, as I’ve just done for three weeks, is that dropping back in again has prompted a worrying sense of futility about my life-long obsession with it.… Read the rest
Of the many aphorisms on hindsight, the one which ought to be the truest was penned by the ancient Greek writer Homer: “After the event, even a fool is wise.” Too often and albeit for different reasons, policy makers and journalists have an ability to be the exception. One of the most sinister examples is jihadism and I was, in a small way, part of it.… Read the rest