Last week I had the privilege of being asked to judge Tony Blair's Faith Foundation's Faith Shorts competition, which showcased films by young film makers on the theme of faith. Young people from across the globe submitted films, each telling their own unique story giving a personal interpretation...

Now that the UK government has changed hands from a Labour to a Liberal Conservative coalition, one thing that has remained the same is the importance to the UK of it's "Special Relationship" with America. Understandably the relationship being always more special when underpinned by a shared...

Last week the country of my birth, the UK, chose a coalition government made up of two younger, untried leaders over the older, experienced but less media proficient Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Mr Brown's 13 years at the center of British Government as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair...

Welcome to my regular update of my food for thought session where I prepare and share a meal with the great and the good in political circles garnished with some thought provoking topical discussion. Recently I indulged in my two great passions; food and great conversation, I shared a meal...

Whether you are in to politics or racing you could justifiably claim that Black is in this season. With British racing star Lewis Hamilton the youngest person ever to win a Formula 1, Black is young, successful not to mention sexy - ask Nicole Scherzinger. Black is this season's must...

"By Jove, I think she's got it!" cries an ecstatic -- perhaps relieved -- Professor Higgins when Eliza Doolittle completes the painstaking transformation he has made of her from poor girl to well-spoken lady.

Is Professor John McCain ecstatic, or about to take personal pain, over...