Right now, 47 years ago to the day in the autumn of 1975, the corridors of the UN in New York were abuzz with a small army of Amnesty...

In any body politic there will be a group of powerful people who, if not in the inner circle of the president or prime minister, can win...

By one of those quirks of opportunity I was able to spend most of the morning of a Good Friday talking with Jose Saramago, that year's...