He says people find it a novelty to meet "the real-life Sheriff of Nottingham" and Mr Asghar believes his successors should be given greater opportunities.

BBC: Sheriff dismisses 'villain' tag

Such compensation would, at the moment, take the form of trade, investment and other economic life-support desperately sought by Ho Chi Minh's successors.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

One reason for believing this is that musical productivity at least among the recording artists who have exploited the phonograph and its successors over the past hundred years or so seems to match the course of an individual's reproductive life.

ECONOMIST: Human evolution