“My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on calling my brother Dermot - a good Irish name - until she died; I was just known as wee one.” ChildrenMotherNamesKnownBrotherCallingUnderstoodDiedMy BrotherGrandparentExoticGrannyDamon Author:Natascha McElhone
“The term Big Brother is from George Orwell's book 1984 - where everyone's watched over by a network of cameras called Big Brother. I've never understood why Orwell chose that phrase for somebody watching you all the time. Isn't that more like Creepy Uncle?” BookBigsTermBrotherUnderstoodCamerasPhrasesUnclesCreepy Author:Craig Ferguson