[speaking in 2011] Culture is like a mountain. The view from the bottom is good but if you begin to climb it gets better. These days, people just want to level the mountain. Show less «

Father never read a book. Indeed, there were no books in the house apart from some kind of medical dictionary, which only convinced him that he had everything in it, and a multi-volume series on how to be successful in life, which he patently had not been. Show less «