I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.
In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.
After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather.
I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon.
I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.
Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.
Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. I find that very depressing.
I grew up in one of the most deprived parts of Britain. I know the problems which inner-city children face.
The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world.
Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.
I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time questioning whether they are able to do a better job than we can.
I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.
You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.
The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics are mass satanic rituals disguised as a celebration of Britain and sport. Their medium is the language of symbolism.
Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.
There is a very intense culture of secrecy in Britain that hasn't yet been dismantled. What passes for transparency here would serve any secret society well.
The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain.
I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.
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