Author: Michael White

October 3, 2011

NOT SO SECRET HISTORY

Like many people, I’ve been thinking back to the events of September 11, 2001, and I began to wonder how future historians would view it. That dreadful day was a significant milestone, not just in our lives, but in the history of civilisation. It’s up there

By Michael White

September 2, 2011

THE LONELINESS OF A LONG DISTANCE WRITER

My brother once told me that he sometimes imagines me working on a book and pictures me putting on a smoking jacket and cravat before spilling a few finely-tuned words onto the page each day. Sounds like fun. Machiavelli used to dress up in his

By Michael White

August 16, 2011

SACRED COWS

It’s not only Hindus who have sacred cows - we all do. But, as I get older (and I hope, wiser) I’m beginning to question the value of some of today’s icons, the cows that are so sacred their contribution to culture cannot be reasonably

By Michael White