It seems to me that Sotheby's is very much like the British monarchy: an old and apparently very venerable institution which is in fact very nimble on its feet, an institution invested with a great deal more self-interest than the public image would suggest.

Fear generates anger, and fear generates violence, and those were part of what built the Saudi state.

My whole life as a grammar-school boy, getting to Cambridge University and working on the 'London Sunday Times' has been very aspirational.

It's true; I'm fascinated by elite groups.

You do the hundreds of things that a Christward heart does in the hope that God will put a match to those little sparks to cause it to become a conflagration in a community or in a nation.

Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of good works are horizontal, not vertical.

My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.