My Upbringing Was Middle-class But My Parents'

There's Always These Giant Baffling Books, Like 'the Da Vinci Code.' People Say It's Not As Well Written As 'midnight's Children.' Why Aren't People Reading 'midnight's Children?' Nobody Knows Why These Phenomenons Happen But They're Great.

In The 'garnethill' Trilogy, People Always Forget That Maureen O'donnell's Dad Was A Journalist And She Did Art History At Uni And Her Brother Did Law, But No-one Ever Thinks They're Middle-class - They're Just Working Class Because They Speak With Accents.

There's A Real Emphasis On Being Witty In Scotland, Even In Crime Novels.

To Have A Very Strong Opinion All The Time Is Corrosive To A Person's Intellect. It Becomes Your Default Position.

I Grew Up In London Under Thatcher And That Really Was Disgusting. A Feeding Frenzy.