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The Snap Revolution (Part One: The Snap Election)
James Fenton
‘It was the Cuba of the future. It was going the way of Iran. It was another Nicaragua, another Cambodia, another Vietnam.’
The Snap Revolution (Part Two: The Narrow Road to the Solid North)
James Fenton
‘Most of his life has been spent under Marcos's rule, and his habit of thought was to doubt the story as presented in, say, the newspaper, and to try to guess the story behind the story.’
The Snap Revolution (Part Three: The Snap Revolution)
James Fenton
‘Late that night Marcos came on the television again, and whereas in the previous press conference he had maintained a gelid calm, now he was angry and almost out of control.’
The Fall of Saigon
James Fenton
‘I wanted to see a communist victory, which I presumed to be inevitable. I wanted to see the fall of a city.’
Let There Be Light!
David Feuer
‘Probably, the Rabbi would have preferred to find a Hasidic psychiatrist, but unfortunately there was no such thing.’
When We Fight, We Have Our Children With Us
Madeline ffitch
‘We are all politically involved whether we like it or not, and children are already on the frontlines.’
First Story
William Fiennes
‘We talked a lot about voice – the idea that everyone has a voice, their own voice, and this is something to be valued and celebrated.’
The Snow Geese
William Fiennes
‘Are these great journeys examples of learned or inherited behaviour?’
Burying the Bones
Orlando Figes
’There are times when every nation needs to think a little less about its history.‘
The Silent Majority of Cape Town
William Finnegan
‘Next to Mandela sat Allan Boesak, the ANC candidate for premier of the Western Cape province. Great is thy faithfulness, indeed, I thought.’
After Gandhi
Trevor Fishlock
‘His room is as he left it, furnished with a carpet, a spinning wheel, a low white table, a mattress and cushion.’
Beirut Diary
Robert Fisk
‘The nun beside me on the helicopter this morning had a tight, self-righteous face.’
