I wanted the audience to write stories and then read them out if they wanted to. It’s always the best part of the show because people are so imaginative. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
There’s social media where people’s politics are out there, they’re forwarding articles and seem engaged, but it’s only online. We tweet and pat ourselves on the back, thinking we have done something, said we’re interested, but it needs more work. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
My earliest food memory is being starving hungry after swimming. I think that’s quite common with children: the second you’re out of the water you want to have a Twix, a cup of tea and chips and salty stuff. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
I became a vegetarian at seven. I went on a school trip to a farm and loved the animals. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
I wrote on my website that veganism isn’t right for everyone and the first thing you have to consider is nutrition. I was saying that some use veganism as a form of eating disorder and that careful vegans replace what they cut out of their diet. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
If you view history as a backdrop, set-dressing or fiction, then ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is hugely entertaining. My reread saw the misery of the female characters’ reality. My new reaction was sadness and fury. Knowledge ruins everything! Sara Pascoe Read Quote
The love of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy is reliant on the restrictions of Regency culture, their passion is created by repression. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
Regency literature was too coal-y for me, too long-winded and describey. I preferred modern books where you had to read other books explaining what the first book meant to know what happened. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
