This woke thing is awful. Have you ever been woked? You put a hand on somebody's shoulder and you're assaulting them. In the old days if someone was … - Jilly Cooper

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This woke thing is awful. Have you ever been woked? You put a hand on somebody's shoulder and you're assaulting them. In the old days if someone was awful to you you'd tell them to eff off and that would be that. Still, I had some horrors in my time.

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About Jilly Cooper

Dame Jilly Cooper, DBE (née Sallitt, 21 February 1937 – 5 October 2025), was an English novelist and journalist. She was formerly employed by The Sunday Times Magazine (1969–1982) and The Mail on Sunday (1982–1987) and, before turning to romantic fiction, Cooper wrote works of non-fiction. Her first novel appeared in 1975 and she was best known for her Rutshire Chronicles series.

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Birth Name: Jill Sallitt
Alternative Names: Jilly Sallitt
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[On meeting the editor of The Sunday Times magazine at a dinner party in 1969.] I told him about being a young wife: screwing all night, then going to work, shopping, doing the housework, doing one's husband's dinner, then screwing all night again.

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