I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.

What does she do?" "She's a producer." Of course, in Los Angeles this doesn't mean much more than "she's a member of the human race.

My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early and mid teens were less successful.

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.

Plenty of friendships are sustainable through dinners and lunches, but will not stand a week away. So be careful with whom you go on holiday.

I'm seen as a chronicler of the class system, which I don't think is unfair.

The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms.