“The Romantic poets were the prototype ramblers, and I've often found m...” — Arthur Smith Quote

The Romantic poets were the prototype ramblers, and I've often found myself following in their footsteps - although perhaps not all of their footsteps since a typical walk for Samuel T. Coleridge might last two days and cover 145km.

I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags.

Every generation of children has its private hero.

Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography.

I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube.

Although I'm a very emotional man, I just can't have blind faith; I have to find out for myself.

Although I never wanted Theresa May to be our Prime Minister, I had been prepared to give her the benefit of the doubt.

I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make some original contribution. And although I have had some degree of success as a scientist, it is hard to say precisely why.

The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened.