I had a bunch of other cuttings from the newspapers on my Bangalore trip, they didn’t really define or represent the trip, they just showed the big discontinuity between the modern, progressive India, and the pace at which the people are evolving to meet those demands. On the way back I flew via London, one of the few remaining options now American Airlines has cancelled their Delhi flight.

In the terminal I picked up a copy of the Independent newspaper from Friday. It had some great coverage and content on the Murdoch/News International phone tapping scandal, including this troubling commentary from Hayley Barlow on Murdoch and her time and since at News International; there a thoughtful piece by Philip Henscher on the “Spy in a bag”.

But for the defining commentary on Britain, look no further than the letters column, aserbic, sharp, witty, and intelligent it was all there. Here are the last two letters from the column, brilliant.