I love the idea that he gets so vociferous about perverted Islamists and suicide bombers, and that the world has gone on at a pace beyond what he was prepared to do in his own time, if you like.

Spoken by Ramon Tikaram, the singer playing Qaddafi in the opera about him at English National Opera starting Thursday. The Guardian has the story on why Qaddafi is a great, albeit controversial, opera subject. I wish, oh how I wish, this opening were in Seattle.