Original sentence: Growing up was difficult for Michael as he frequently witnessed his parents quarrelling.He described his father's temper as mercurial and irrational.When Michael was eight his parents divorced
Edited sentence: A really, really nasty man".Growing up was difficult for Michael as he frequently witnessed his parents quarrelling and he described his father's temper as mercurial and irrational.He had no idea what they were talking about, as his parents had forgotten to tell him that they were divorcing that day.He showed me some of the horrible letters that his father had written to him.He started to cry and I put my arm around his shoulder and took him inside.His close friend at prep school (The Hall School, Hampstead) was Donald Sinden's son Marc Sinden - they were born almost exactly a month apart.Mike's Dad always behaved like a s*** to him.Peter Sellers.When Michael was seven his parents divorced and Marc Sinden remembers "a pack of journalists in the school playground asking Mike who he loved more, his father or his mother