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COPYRIGHT 2001 The Spectator Ltd. (UK)
They did try to get some sort of military type to do the Diary this week -- Colin Powell, maybe, or that SAS bloke who fought in Afghanistan -- but, as you see, they failed. What I couldn't quite decide was whether to keep it light, evasive and undepressing or whether to mention the war. But then I thought, `How can I not mention the war? It's all any of us can bloody think about.' A friend of mine at Canary Wharf said, `Well, at least you don't work in a prime terrorist target.' I said, `Yeah, but my wife does and that's worse. If it had to be one of us, I'd much rather it were me than her. Don't you feel the same about yours?' My friend said, `I'd better not answer lest my reply reveal me as a heartless, selfish bastard.'
One big effect it has had on me has been to revive my rampant hypochondria. Where once I put down my daily headaches and tired limbs...
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