“Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents.”

“My late wife Olympia was Goan and I've been to India many times. I love the food there. We used to do our shopping in Southall, where you can find cheap but wonderful fruit like mangoes, vegetables and spices. I didn't do much of the cooking, as Olympia did a lot - I was the under-chef and did some ”