Nick Harkaway

The First World War was a horror of gas, industrialised slaughter, fear, and appalling human suffering.

The notion of our leaders as patrician ascetics of unassailable virtue is risible.

The mainstream of literary culture in the U.K. is very averse to writing about technology.

To me, the biggest surprise is that Google still functions despite the explosion in the number of sites.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.