I really like the Observer. I think I'd love to have a column with a broad reach that would enable me to… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I was once hired to write a column for 'The Guardian' and then got fired before I'd submitted my first one. That… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
Teachers complain a lot about how tough their job is. But, you know, the day begins in most schools at nine o'clock, ends at… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I really like the Observer. I think I'd love to have a column with a broad reach that would enable me to do some… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
You know when you tell a self-deprecating story at a dinner party, everyone's laughing along with you? But then when someone else repeats that… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
The fact that I'm a Tory who hasn't worked at a university - at least, not since I taught at Cambridge in 1990 -… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
“It was journalism at its best: irreverent, mischievous and beholden to no one.” — Toby Young Copy Share Image
In my capacity as a board member of the OfS, I hope to be impartial, objective, and fair. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
