Ever inclined to find fault with those who did not recognise him for the genius he took himself to be, Anders Breivik's life was a catalogue of fantasies and failure. His one achievement, if that is the right word, has been to strengthen the multiculturalists. On one side angels, on the other devils

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Fame is not always proportional to merit: if it were, Simon Leys (who lived the last forty years of his life in Australia, and died last year) would have been one of the most famous writers in the world. After his recent death I asked a few Belgians of my acquaintance, all well-educated, what they […]

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