All Poets Are Idlers, Even If All

Alongside My "no Email" Policy, I Resolve To Make Better Use Of The Wonderful Royal Mail, And Send Letters And Postcards To People. There Is A Huge Pleasure In Writing A Letter, Putting It In An Envelope And Sticking The Stamp On It. And Huge Pleasure In Receiving Real Letters, Too.

The World's Richest Half Billion People - That's About Seven Per Cent Of The Global Population - Are Responsible For Fifty Per Cent Of The World's Emissions.

The Idea Of A Government Is To Create An Ordered, Willing Work Force Where There's No Trouble. I Think Idlers Are Generally Seen As Potentially Dangerous Because They're Asking Questions.

What Seems Extraordinary Is That The Richest Countries In The World, In Terms Of Economic Output, Are The Ones Where We Work Hardest. You Would Have Thought That The End Of All This Innovation, Technological Advancement, And Financial Wizardry Should Be To Create Less Work, Not More Of It.

My Idea Of Childcare At Festivals Is To Sit At A Trestle Table With An Ale While The Kids Run Around And Make Up Their Own Games.