Leonid I. Brezhnev

God will not forgive us if we fail.

One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. 'Away with you', I say. But Comrade Appetite does not budge from the spot.

Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

My mum used to ride, and when she was mucking out, I always wanted to sit on a horse. And if she took me off, I'd scream my head off.