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.. in the first century BC and capture by pirates might have been described as ‘an occupational hazard for Roman aristocrats* . Among their more celebrated captives was Julius Caesar who, when the pirates demanded a ransom of twenty talents, indignantly claimed he was worth fifty. He also told his captors that that he would…

…death. Over half a century later it is still a very vivid memory. Perhaps as a consequence I have little sympathy for the live animal trade. Over the years, we have seen sheep by the thousands die in ships on the way to the Middle East in hot and inadequately ventilated ships and now the…

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..day for four weeks was one, immediate punishment for yelling out the window at the band that they should play in tune was another. Actually it wasn’t all that bad as it was the so-called ‘university intake’ with, I think, only two people in my platoon who weren’t at university. The army didn’t really want…

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