As a Doctor, I'm often asked: why can't we see more pictures of Albania?

Commentors to the Blog suggested Nick should take the Independent for every penny.

Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.

I'm sorry for croaking at you this evening. This is PM, I'm Eddie Mair: the walrus of news.

well with me now is Geoffrey Robinson. He was once voted 'After-dinner Speaker of the Year', so if you've had your tea, you're in for a treat

Our editor came to work today in a vibrant pink shirt. Vibrant. Several members of staff have had to go home sick.

Yesterday people were going past my window in t shirts and dresses. But that's the men at the BBC for you.

The population of the United Kingdom has, for the first time, reached sixty million. If they stood on each other's shoulders they would reach perhaps twenty feet in the air before toppling over.

Sinn Fein say, "The British government are buggers".

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran ... in one shot on his website he appears to be dressed only in flowers. Oh - here's the page, you'll see what I mean.

Live life by the abc's...adventure, bravery and creativity.

Just because a prediction is true, doesn't mean that it is not false.

Doubt is the thing that’ll kill you, the only thing, and it’ll kill your friends, too.

Where's the man could ease a heart Like a satin gown?

You can't come up against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk.

Playing drums or music, being a musician, is inside of you. So you would always see me tapping on something, playing on tables... I never felt the need to pull out drums.

I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

Westerners have aggressive problem-solving minds; Africans experience people.

Frequently remind yourself that God is with you, that He will never fail you, that you can count upon him. Say these words, "God is with me, helping me."