"I belong to the Boston Biographers Group - and get my monthly 'fix' from them. Where else can I sit ..." — Nigel Hamilton

I am all for charity in judging the men who have occupied the Oval Office over the past seventy years, given the huge responsibilities the president carries across the world.

Biography is, simply, the orphan of academia.

Selective memory is surely one of nature's most effective ways of ensuring the survival of our species.

I'm fascinated by the concept of what I call 'clusters of creativity': the Brontes, the Waughs, families with several geniuses. I'm one of four; competition among siblings has to be a factor.