Stephen Poliakoff: 'I write about the past. It's not a nice place'
The playwright, 64, on guilty memories, cheating at maths and what he chose to ask Tony BlairBoarding school left me with a profound distrust of rules and authority. I remember the headmaster smashing me over the head and shouting, "You're such a self-righteous little boy, Poliakoff." I had no idea what self-righteous meant, but I thought it wasn't wise to ask while being walloped.My mum took an inordinate interest i…