The old monster Elton John appears charmingly self-deprecating
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View ArticlePity poor Candace Bushnell, still flogging Sex and the City at 60
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View ArticleLabour can’t cope with Boris’s BAME cabinet
I’ve never voted Conservative and I never will. Having been raised in a working-class home, I can’t get past the…
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After hearing about the massacre in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, I went to church, happily sang the word God…
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Thumbing avidly through Heat magazine recently in a fevered search for the latest on the Cheryl/Liam/Naomi infernal triangle, I was…
View ArticleIn praise of speaking ill of the dead
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View ArticleThe day I woke up... to hear that only Tracey Thorn loved me
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On reading recently that Italian is the fastest disappearing language in America, my thoughts were mixed. I felt fleeting sorrow…
View ArticleJulie Burchill: Why I’ve given up cocaine
It always amuses me at this time of year to observe the fuss people make about quitting booze for a…
View ArticleThe lost joy of swearing
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View ArticleJulie Burchill is bored by Robin Green’s account of her time at Rolling Stone...
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View ArticleHooray for Meghan Markle, a very modern adventuress
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View ArticleBarcelona is a joy I never want to end
‘Don’t anyone ever tell me I’m not a good European,’ I remark to my fellow Brexiteer husband as I stand up…
View ArticleWhy do the Japanese despise sex?
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View ArticleEmily Hill is the Saki of sex
Her debut short stories share Saki’s humour and malice, as well as his imaginative relish for the fantastic side of life
View ArticleMight an unearthed letter help explain why Prince Charles is so fond of Islam?
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View ArticleSex and sycophancy at Rolling Stone
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View ArticleThe return of Lady Muck
My sainted mum was of untarnished working-class blood — she worked, variously, as a cleaner, factory hand and shop assistant…
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