And getting married this autumn was certainly an additional incentive to spend rather more time in England.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The fact is that I loved being in England.
As I absorbed life here and understood it better, I just completely fell in love with England.
I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.
I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.
It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all.
I really wanted to get out of England.
Being in Oxford can be a bit like being on holiday - there's plenty of time spent in the pub.
It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
The idea of England in decline is very attractive.
I visited England immediately after I finished writing 'The Marrying Season,' before any editing or revisions.