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'It's not until you go abroad, or meet people
from another country, that you think / are
thinking of yourself in terms of having a
national identity', says Leon Davies. We talk
/are talking in his new flat in New York. Leon
is British but lives / is living in New York for a
year, while doing a post-graduate degree at
Columbia University. I don't remember / am
not remembering thinking about national
differences in England. But when you are
surrounded by people from many other
countries, you start / are starting to notice
the way different nationalities express / are
expressing themselves, the way they behave /
are behaving, and so on.' I ask / am asking
him if he feels / is feeling British. 'That's just
it', he says. "Now I'm away from home, I've
become a typical Englishman. I have / am
having tea at 4.30, talk / am talking about
the weather, and I always know / am always
knowing the cricket score.'​

It is Friday. It is seven o'clock in the morning. I am lying in bed and hear my mother’s words "Cathy, get up! If you stay in bed longer, you'll be late for school." I get up but can't find anything. Where is my white blouse? Oh, mum didn't wash it yesterday. I put on a grey shirt and run downstairs. Now, I don't have any time for breakfast. "If I run all the way, I'll be able to take a bus to school." I think. My mum is at the kitchen door with a sandwich in her hand. "You'll be hungry when you come to school," she says. "Eat it on the way to the bus stop. Have a nice day, dear."

It is Friday. It is seven o'clock in the morning. I am lying in bed and hear my mother’s words "Cathy, get up! If you stay in bed longer, you'll be late for school." I get up but can't find anything. Where is my white blouse? Oh, mum didn't wash it yesterday. I put on a grey shirt and run downstairs. Now, I don't have any time for breakfast. "If I run all the way, I'll be able to take a bus to school." I think. My mum is at the kitchen door with a sandwich in her hand. "You'll be hungry when you come to school," she says. "Eat it on the way to the bus stop. Have a nice day, dear."