Whenever I enter a roomful of journalists or writers, they give me a look as if I had just raised my hand and said, ‘I’d like to let you know that I’m a child molester’

Tom Wolfe on what happened after he said he intended to vote for George W Bush

No way. No how. No McCain. Barack Obama is my candidate.

And he must be our president Hillary Clinton leaves little doubt as to where her loyalties lie

Facts are facts. Lies are lies. It seems to me the law exists to clarify that

Salman Rushdie on winning a libel case

Manchester is the city of rain. Its main attraction is considered to be the timetable at the railway station, where trains leave for other, less rainy cities

Nemanja Vidic, Manchester United’s Serbian signing, reveals that he’s no fan of his adopted city

I’m an old man. I need to sit down

George Michael, 45, on stage at Earls Court

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