Thomas was my true name but everyone knew me as Mick, except my mother, who knew me as definitely Michael.

Um, what I found though about the Christian Brothers is this: that they were certainly muscular.

Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south.

The List is Life.

And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins.

Personal finances are like people’s personal health, crucial and tragic to the sufferer but tedious to the listener.

I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers.