My adventure in burlesque
A combination of masochism and narcissism sent me onstage.
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All it takes to transform me is the warmth of the first rays of the summer sun
I am going to put my nose in lilac and honeysuckle and roses and be generally unbearable with luxuriousness.
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Among my life’s highlights is the time I made Martin Amis slap his thigh with laughter
Ever since then, when I have been feeling down, or stupid, or generally undervalued, I have consoled myself with this…
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Letter of the week: Educating Bridget
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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A transcendent singalong with Bruce Springsteen in Rome
Also this week: great journalists remembered, and a duck called Puskás.
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Some birthday… my shoulder is so bad I cannot pull a cork from a bottle
The pills might as well be Smarties, the gel salad cream. So booze it is.
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After two years of therapy I have decided that where I am is good enough
There have been few dramatic revelations; it has all been rather gentle.
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Ricardo Nuila’s Q&A: “I need to be nicer to my family”
The doctor and author on falling in love, The Simpsons, and the caring side of Sasanian King of Kings.
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