In My Heart Im Just A Lucky

If You Went For A Job Interview In A Glasgow Law Firm, They Used To Ask You What School You Went To. And That Was A Way Of Finding Out What Religion You Were.

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

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

My Upbringing Was Middle-class But My Parents' Families Were Both Working-class So I Had This Odd Combination Of Working-class Background But In A Privileged Position.

Even If People Do Wrong, We're Social Animals, So What Can We Do About Stopping Them Doing The Same Things In Future? Saying People Are 'bad' Or 'evil' Is Just An Unwillingness To Engage; An Unwillingness To Try To Empathise. That Sanctimonious Attitude Doesn't Help Anyone