I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans.

If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south.

As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.

As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.