Love this series. I agree with @justinparke you do a very good job with characterisation! I particularly love Clive and Judith. I think we've all encountered a Judith in life.

Reminds me of a neighbour we had when I was a kid in the early 80's. We lived on a council estate but somehow our neighbour thought she was royalty. She was a cat breeder who was also oddly obsessed with America which was unusual in those days. So much so she named her two daughters Charla-Dee and Bobby-Jo. Even at the age of 7 or 8 I could tell she didn't like me playing with them, she made it quite obvious I was beneath her. I think she could easily have been best mates with Judith!