Alan Bennett proved he was a man after my own heart when he said on an interview for Radio 4's Today Programme that he thought Public schools should be abolished.
I've thought this from the moment that I found out that fee paying schools existed.
Bennett referred to the self confidence that seems to be in bred into public school students, which I too encountered for the first time when I went to University.
Essentially you are setting up parallel realities for people, dividing society from the very earliest point.
I was introduced to Alan Bennett as a teenager doing my Drama GCSE.
My Drama teacher played us an excerpt of his Talking Heads series.
Even from that short clip I thought they were lovely: tender, moving and realistic.
I saw some more on TV quite a few years later and I keep meaning to dig out the full set.
Then my mum encouraged me to go and see the stage play of The History Boys, unfortunately it was all sold out, but some time later they brought out a film version which I did get round to seeing.
I enjoyed The History Boys, but still prefer Talking Heads.
Alan Bennett writes about every day people so it is perhaps not surprising that he is championing the aspirations of every day people as well.
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