Adrian McKinty With a few notable exceptions, literary fiction in the U.K. is dominated by an upper and upper middle-class clique who usually have a tin ear for the demotic and who portray working-class characters with, at best, a benevolent condescension. – Adrian McKinty Benevolent Quotes Characters Quotes Clique Quotes Condescension Quotes Demotic Quotes Dominated Quotes Ear Quotes Exceptions Quotes Fiction Quotes Literary Quotes Middleclass Quotes Notable Quotes Portray Quotes Tin Quotes Upper Quotes Workingclass Quotes Because of England’s lack of social mobility, unless they make truly heroic efforts, writers who are privately educated and then go on to Oxbridge or an institution like the BBC will generally embarrass themselves when they attempt to have a go at working- or lower middle-class characters. When a locked-room mystery doesn’t work, the solution makes you groan, and the book gets hurled across the room.
Kelvin Fletcher I’m very proud of some of the stories I’ve been given thanks to the team at ‘Emmerdale,’ they’ve been great over the years so hopefully that will continue. – Kelvin Fletcher
Devon WindsorDiet I’m kind of naturally thin, so if I were to completely crash diet, I’d almost be too skinny, and for the VS show, you want to look strong and muscular and fit. Leading up to the show, I eat everything that I normally do, but I moderate it. – Devon Windsor
Miesha Tate I feel like I’m evolving quickly with my confidence, physically, just everything. – Miesha Tate
Alison Jackson It’s always difficult to see yourself as other people do, but I’m realistic about my appearance. I wasn’t born with one of those pretty, pretty faces, so I’ve never been absorbed with the way I look. I just try to make the most of what I’ve got. – Alison Jackson
Joe Garcia The reason there’s not a dictatorship in Chile and that there’s a democracy in South Africa and Portugal today – and that Haiti has a nascent democracy – is that the world community as a whole felt outraged. This is the reason Milosevic sits in a jail in The Hague. It’s because the world has said, ‘Enough.’ – Joe Garcia
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