The McPygmies? You should stick to writing books, Sir Max

From: The Scotsman | Date: November 29, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

THAT'S it, then. Settled. Sorted. All over. Sir Max Hastings has spoken, or more precisely written, or, let's be honest, decreed: "Let the Scots eat porridge. We'll keep our English cake."

Noticing what Sir Max writes is not something I normally do when he is in his instant-pundit, "What are your qualifications? I know everything" role.

It's different when this man with the lean, lank hair, down-the- nose look of an archetypal Tory, but who insists he isn't, writes a book. His descriptions of life as a war correspondent and as editor of the Daily Telegraph ring true.

He was also the man who ...

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