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Most of those people who saw themselves as literary types at university became bank managers. Simon Mawer bankliterarymanager Change image and share on social
Guernsey itself was overcrowded, but its cliffs were utterly empty. I spent a wonderful year with a friend, climbing them. It was sheer magic: you went from this pretty, busy village of an island to the sea cliffs and heard nothing but the gulls and the waves. Simon Mawer busycliffclimb share on social
One of the reasons I wrote 'The Fall' is that climbing's more than a sport, it's a way of life. When you're in it, it's all you think about. Simon Mawer climbfalllife Change image and share on social
The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it. Pamela Sargent businessconnectdeal share on social
Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie. Adam McKay classcongressmanincrease Change image and share on social
I don't think I was a good model. I think I was born to emote and act. I would walk down the ramp and smile and they used to say, 'Give us a blank look.' It was really difficult not to smile. Anushka Sharma actbearblank Change image and share on social
