You may feel that your modest daily needs concerning the exotic world of Diplomacy are met by this website, and you usually may be right.

Still, now and again a little more of what you fancy does you good. So go and have a look at the Browser, where they have been busy looking at different aspects of diplomacy. With good results.

There is Sir Jeremy Greenstock, HM Ambassador at the UN during the key period leading up to the start of the Iraq war, interviewed about his five books exploring high-level policy and diplomatic technique.

Former British diplomat Mike Maclay looks at five books which deal with diplomacy at the sharp end – down in the mud of Bosnia and elsewhere.

Brigid Keenan looks at five books exploring diplomacy, overseas travel and family life.

And Ilan Kelman discusses five books about disasters of different forms and ‘disaster diplomacy’.

These Browser interviews linked to the Five Books idea are invariably thoughtful and businesslike, bringing both the subjects and interviewed experts to life in a lively way.

With the nights now drawing in again, these interviews and book ideas also help those of you who want to get ahead of the mob in buying Christmas presents…