WHENEVER I travel around
the globe these days I am
asked how is it that
Greece, a tiny economy,
can have such a huge
impact on Europe as a whole?
It is the lack of public confidence in
the European project itself that is the
problem. Citizens and markets have
suddenly discovered ...
WHEN John Ford was
making The Quiet Man
on location in the west
of Ireland, the studio
head in Hollywood
looked at the extravagantly gorgeous
footage - which would win
the 1952 Oscar for colour cinematography
- and complained,
"Everything's all green."
It had taken Ford ...