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.

I'm a class mongrel.

I just got fed up with the Protestantism that I'd been brought up with being rubbed out, disregarded. There's an awful lot of frailty and doubt about it, which I understand and share, but there are certain things you just have to acknowledge.

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

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

Few places on earth have been as affectionately alchemised into literature as the Lake District.