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Is it only me or is anyone else wondering how come we can find billions of pounds to save a bank but not find a few to save a life? The global economic crisis raises many questions, but I think this is one of the most important.

Have you heard that, as from today, you can't smoke tobacco in cafes in the Netherlands. There's nothing surprising about that, you might think, until you realise that you can smoke cannabis; at least you can as long as you don't mix it with tobacco. I mention it, partly because it amuses...

I don't care what people say, I feel a bit sorry for Prince William over all the fuss that has been made since he landed an RAF Chinook on his girlfriend's lawn. OK, so it shouldn't happen every day, and it is not what the helicopter is for, but what's the fun of being a prince if you...

Sounds attractive in a certain kind of way - quick trip out to sea in a canoe, leave your debts behind, get the misses to claim the old life insurance, move to Panama and Robert's your mother's brother... ... except that life doesn't work that way, does it? We can leave things behind but...

I don't think you will be surprise to hear that I noticed the reporting on Mr Blair's faith. The cynic in me wonders how much this new-found publicity has to do with his new role in seeking to bring peace to a troubed religious area; but perhaps those thoughts are unkind and unworthy, particularly...