Published December 1987.
The Guardian, December 1987
Outside the night school in the centre of Washington DC, the sign on the wall advertised the evening’s classes: in one room, Arts and Crafts; in the other, Covert Operations. Seven dollars for either course. I paid my money and took my first step towards joining the Central Intelligence Agency.
Inside the classroom [...]
Read the rest of this story »
Categories: Security and intelligence.
Published December 1987.
Sunday Times Magazine
December 1987
In New York at the moment, Donald Trump is hot: he’s rich; he’s sexy; he’s everywhere. He is the weirdest, wildest story in town. He’s putting up the world’s tallest building; he’s making a killing on Wall Street; he’s calling Ed Koch a moron. They say he’ll be the next Mayor of [...]
Read the rest of this story »
Categories: Commercialism, US columns.
