Anne Harris: Apart from the Supreme Court, there is no such thing as a perfect judgement
Extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality and eccentricity are the reasons editors hire columnists like Myers. Containing them is the editor’s greatest challenge
It was during one of Princess Diana’s child victim of landmines tours in the 1990s. She was in the prime of her yoga-toned beauty. Our columnist, a much-loved household name, thought of a brilliant line: at least those children whose legs had been amputated would have no problem with the lotus position. The arguments could be heard in the corridors of the Sunday Independent, where I was then deputy editor, before the spike was produced....
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