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RIP Sebastian Horsley – a rather telling incident remembered
I replaced ‘very’ with ‘rather’, up there in the title. It seemed more fitting. I was very sad to hear of the death of Sebastian Horsley last week. I knew him only slightly, having met him a couple of years ago, but I went to the launch of Tim Fountain‘s lively and very entertaining stage […]
Modern-Day Excommunication – New Podcast from the Pod Delusion
June 11, 2010
The new Pod Delusion podcast, episode 37, is out now. This time I’m talking about excommunication, in the light of the sad and infuriating case of Sister Margaret McBride. I also mention the awful case of the nine year old Brazilian girl who had been raped and was pregnant with twins – but apparently an […]
Inevitable Shoe-Related Post, or Why I Stopped Wearing Stilettos
June 4, 2010
I stated firmly to myself a while ago that I wasn’t going to blog about my appearance, lifestyle, health, or relationships, but then I remembered that since I wrote an entire memoir about my life, along with various features in the national press, it would be a bit coy and ridiculous to suddenly clam up […]
June 22, 2010
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