Charles Godfrey Leland

They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train.

To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.

It was the noise Of ancient trees falling while all was still Before the storm, in the long interval Between the gathering clouds and that light breeze Which Germans call the Wind's bride.

Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula.

Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.

The weird thing about grief, for me at least, was when each of my parents died, for a year or two afterwards I was pretty wildly brave - just willing to take life on.