It may be tripe, but it's my tripe - and I do urge other authors to resist encroachments on their brain-children and trust their own judgment rather than that of some zealous meddler with a diploma in creative punctuation who is just dying to get into the act. George MacDonald Fraser actauthorbrain share on social
I think little of people who will deny their history because it doesn't present the picture they would like. George MacDonald Fraser denyhistorypeople Change image and share on social
Political correctness is about denial, usually in the weasel circumlocutory jargon which distorts and evades and seldom stands up to honest analysis. George MacDonald Fraser analysiscircumlocutorycorrectness Change image and share on social
Tony Blair is not just the worst prime minister we've ever had, but by far the worst prime minister we've ever had. It makes my blood boil to think of the British soldiers who've died for that little liar. George MacDonald Fraser badblairblood share on social
What is overlooked is the astonishing amount of history Hollywood has got right... For better or worse, nothing has been more influential in shaping our visions of the past than the commercial cinema. George MacDonald Fraser amountastonishbadly Change image and share on social
I loathe all political parties, which I regard as inventions of the devil. My favourite prime minister was Sir Alec Douglas-Home, not because he was on the Right, but because he spent a year in office without, on his own admission, doing a damned thing. George MacDonald Fraser admissionalecdamn share on social
I'm rather a cynic, I suppose. I do not believe in the niceness of humanity. George MacDonald Fraser cynichumanityniceness Change image and share on social
