“An article on playwrights in the Daily Mail, listed according to Hard Left, Soft Left, Hard Right, Soft Right and Centre. I am not listed. I should probably come under Soft Centre.”

— Alan Bennett

Diary entry for November 11, 1981, p. 117.
Writing Home (1994)

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