Class prejudice at Oxford 'shaped' writer Caryl Phillips
Novelist Caryl Phillips came from the Caribbean to the UK in 1958 and grew up in Leeds, Yorkshire - in a Britain where racism was openly expressed.
He tells Razia Iqbal why his experiences at Oxford University really focused his desire to become a writer.
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02 Dec 2011
- From the section Entertainment & Arts