Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Have you noticed that almost all the change in the world goes to women? When was the last time you had a… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Really, I like the future. I appreciate my automatic alarm-call necklace in case I get lost and confused in a mall. I… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
My only piece of advice is that all of you consider every single text and Snapchat that you ever make as also… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Everyone has to go to a funeral at some time and you need to be dark and sombre, and in a black… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
There are five great ages of man - five moments when you need to reevaluate everything, clear out the cupboard and the… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, a historian told me that the most important choice a new historian could make was of his or… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time,… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an old lady… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
So, being a good man is not an exam or a qualification, it changes, and it incorporates being a good friend, a good father,… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Women's handbags are incredibly heavy. You rarely get to pick one up and, when you do, you wonder why anyone carries so much stuff… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Gifts are an important and necessary part of our collective lives. We need to give and we need to allow others to give. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Have you ever wondered why the rich and privileged care about, or even bother with, the gift bag? Because they don't need this stuff.… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
London is a city of ghosts; you feel them here. Not just of people, but eras. The ghost of empire, or the blitz, the… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I walk up a dune to a beach and look out to sea, but it's 100km away. The ships lie askew in their dry… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Being able to afford everything you desire is not, by any means, the worst thing that can happen to you. But, depressingly, and more… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
If the world were to end tomorrow and we could choose to save only one thing as the explanation and memorial to who we… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
