It is a very quiet neighborhood whose silence is occasionally broken by church festivals or house parties where everyone in the neighborhood is invited.

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Syria's neighbours, whose long silence reflected fears that Mr Assad's fall might cause more trouble than his survival, seem to have changed their minds.

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Though in Europe and America they haven't resorted to systematic murder (yet), they are well on their way to silence those whose views they dislike - and they have no shortage of post-Christian bureaucrats, judges, journalists and lawyers to aid them.

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So it was a revelation when, years later, she discovered a group called WOZA whose mission is the very opposite of silence.

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Ms Tremain, whose novels include Restoration, Music and Silence and The Road Home, will be installed as chancellor at a ceremony on 7 June.

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My father, so thin and athletic, looked almost frail with shock, while my mother, whose beauty was still remarkable, and who was known on the reservation for her silence and reserve, had left off her characteristic gravity.

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