“I live in LA so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I suppose I don't want them to become American kids. We try to get back three or four times a year. When they go to school they speak with a British-American accent but when they come home to us they go back to their British accent, so I can deal with that.” WantTryingYearsHomeKidsSchoolThreeSpeakWorryFourConnectedBritishBritainComing HomeGet BackAccents Author:Kevin McKidd
“My first book, Fast Forward, was about growing up in the shadow of Hollywood and how kids are affected by the culture of materialism and the cult of celebrity, and I've often felt the reason my work has an audience in the UK is because it's everything the British love to hate about the Americans.” FirstsBookReasonKidsHateCultureFeltAudienceGrowing UpGrowingShadowHollywoodBritishMaterialismAffectedCultLove Hate Author:Lauren Greenfield
“The usual people tried to claim responsibility. First the IRA , then the PLO and the Gas Board. Even British Nuclear Fuels rushed out a statement to the effect that the situation was completely under control, that it was a one in a million chance, that there was hardly any radioactive leakage at all, and that the site of the explosion would make a nice location for a day out with the kids and a picnic, before finally having to admit that it wasn't actually anything to do with them at all.” PeopleFirstsKidsChanceResponsibilitySituationMillionsNiceEffectsClaimsBritishNuclearStatementsBoardsFuelGasUsualSiteLocationExplosionsPicnicsIraOne In A MillionLeakage Book:Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul