I'm not a fan of the working class being mocked, including by some of our famous writers - even those who came from it.

I'm a class mongrel.

The class barricades have been stormed by the forces of a broad culture, which is made up of clusters of individuals who have decided for themselves what they will be in society.

The theatre always seems to be in trouble but always thriving. It's deeply comical to me that we agonize about our crap football teams and indifferent Test sides when in front of our noses is a great world success story that no one's interested in apart from those who work in it.

As the 20th century unspooled, a cultural warming melted down many frozen class characteristics.

My upbringing was very straightforward suburban working class upbringing.