Some people don't realize that a straight 'No' can be the kindest answer in the world.

Revisionist historians are about to get their hands on the Thatcher years, shes probably going to be looked at again because she feels far enough away now, and we dont see her much on the political landscape in this country, shes kind of disappeared and she doesnt speak out much anymore.

I had no sense of any reputation that What a Carve Up! might acquire - at the time I didnt even have a publisher, so my main worry was whether it was even going to see the light of day or not.

I like the idea of a big caesura between the narratives, a space which readers can fill in with their own speculative history.

Thatcherism has become bigger than she ever was.

But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons.

I'm one of those unlucky people who had a happy childhood.