News about Julie Burchill

Janet Street-Porter, 77, has been married and divorced four times. There is no rhyme or reason to the people I've fallen for, as well as a clear pattern. They've been much older than me (19 years), much younger than me (20 years ago), and one husband was actually the same age as me (20 years old). These guys may have little in common on the surface, but there is one common trait: they were more than able to accommodate me when we first met (at least in the early days of our friendship). I am not a natural person to be with: there is an unhealthy obsession with work, and I come from a large circle of friends. I'd do something for them and place my partner second and place them second.

Call Julie Burchill whatever you like. She doesn't care a bit. But there is one word you won't get away with.

Julie Burchill honors KATE MOSS's defiant, daring, diamond life as the supernova enters her half-century.

Julie Burchill (left in 1995 and right now) discusses embracing ageing and ditching filler. She also lamented the pressure felt by women to maintain their beauty by cosmetic surgery. 'I was stunning when I first appeared, but now I am not.' 'What's left is the authentic me,' at last.'

Over the years, churches have devolved into flats, nightclubs, and even 'vape shops'. Julie Burchill, a Christian, sees the demise of churches as an unhealthy part of our culture's spiritual life.

CRAIG BROWN: A walrus stayed overnight in Scarborough's harbour, resulting in the town canceling its New Year fireworks. The walrus was named after which superhero?

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: King Charles's alarm bells have ringed in the art world, as he lowered Buckingham Palace thermostats to 19C, two degrees below the recommended setting for paintings like the late Queen's favorite, Rembrandt's The Shipbuilder and his Wife. As rooms come back to use after refurbishment, they, along with Vermeer's Lady at the Virginals and Rubens' Milkmaids, are re-hung. Curators estimate that 21-24 degrees is the optimum temperature for painting at their best, with potential injury if temperatures are too high or too cold. Surely the Surveyor of the King's Pictures would know that? Alas, this column was decommissioned in 2020.

ICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Julie Burchill, a member of this parish, invented the word 'cry-bullies' to describe Violet Elizabeth Botts who are 'thkweem' until they are sick if they don't get sick. I can't think of a more fitting way to sum up the enraged, self-pitying crowd that has obnoxious, self-pitying crowd that has ousted Prime Minister Dominic Raab from office in the midst of the worst-of circumstances. They are the political equivalent of Richmal Crompton's Just William books, with her constant threats to scream blue murder if they don't do exactly what she wants. She masks her own bullying by cloaking herself in victimhood. The same goes for the civil servants and their cheerleaders in the media and Labour Party, who claimed another important Tory scalp yesterday.

When I read Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, I was 14 years old, and it taught me the majority of what I know about love. It would be 'out of the ordinary,' according to the author, who's words will be heard around the world even after I'd left it.' The plot is both simple and savage: two aristocrats, the Marquise de Merteuil (a widow) and her estranged cousin, Vicomte de Valmont (her ex) and her sister, Leo Varadkar, are using sex as a weapon to dominate others and impress each other.

Dawson's highly readable memoir of their illicit love affair, written by John le Carré and Suleika Dawson (half his age), is both a blockbuster and highly readable. In the meantime, you'll feel as though you're living in the suburbs of Bath, when you read Justin Webb's evocative memoir of his strange upbringing as an only child. Anne Glenconner, who is 90 and reveling in her late-life success, takes us on a journey through her life - author, daughter, wife, hostessess, mother, lady-in-waiting, and good friend, throwing a new light on it all.

COSMO LANDESMAN: I had to say no to the shower, didn't I? I had to draw a line in the sand and draw boundaries, establish rules, and set out goals. I had to say to my son: enough! I was saying yes to the shower and to anyone who knew Jack. I wanted him to feel a little bit of responsibility for his own life. Was I the Bad Dad of the Century for wanting my 28-year-old son to grow up and be responsible? And now, I wish I had let him take the shower, or at least say no in a kinder way. Cosmo Landesman is seen with Jack center, top right with his own father, while Jack center is seen bottom right, while Jack center is seen bottom right. Julie Burchill, Cosmo's ex-wife, is pictured inset bottom.

I don't want to go into the particulars of my marriage to journalist Julie Burchill, who died by COSMO LANDESMAN: I don't want to get into the details of my divorce. Our ten-year-old son Jack was a little difficult, but divorce isn't always straightforward. My main aim was to support Jack through this big change by instilling a sense of continuity. I did all the things his dad did for him: cooking, washing, and packing his packed lunch for school. It was the most difficult challenge I faced in those early days was trying to mask Jack's sadness. Jack's biggest challenge was hiding his sadness from me.

COSMO LANDESMAN: The death of a child is considered by every parent's worst nightmare (inset of Cosmo Landesman and ex-wife Julie Birchill). It is true, but there is one major and obvious difference between nightmares and the loss of a child. You wake up from nightmares. Your child has never died. On June 29, 2015, I heard Jack's (left with his father and right) death, while I was on a holiday cruise ship somewhere in the Mediterranean. For a Sunday newspaper, I was writing a travel blog. Poria Cyrus, a long friend of Jack, calls me on Facebook on day one, requesting my phone number so we can contact as soon as possible.' Instantly I know this must be about my 29‑year-old son and I message back: 'Does Jack need help?'

JULIE BURCHILL: Gore Vidal, an American writer, wrote that Puritans left England for America in the 17th century not because they were imprisoned for their religious convictions, but because they were forbidden to sue others for their beliefs.' It's impossible not to recall these words when considering the ever-growing pile of wokenings in the United Kingdom. For the first time, woke is the first suspected social justice movement that aims not to extend freedoms but rather restrict them, in the way of all violent, bullying cults. The 20th century's great progressive crusades, from women's liberation to civil rights for black and gay people, sought to extend human dignity by making sure the same laws were followed fairly and equally to all.

Julie Burchill (pictured top inset) says she has always been curious and adores attention. The female imposter syndrome isn't well understood by a UK-based writer, who claims she hasn't figured out why. She believes this is a disastrous attitude for any successful person to take

The Groucho Club, the louche Soho joint where hard-living artist Damien Hirst once put his £20,000 Turner Prize winnings into the bar, has been sold in a £40 million contract. It's the most recent chapter in the storied Soho haunt, which has welcomed everyone from Kate Moss to Bill Clinton through its doors at 45 Dean Street. For the third time in its 37-year history, the Groucho (inset right), originally intended as an antidote to traditional members' clubs' suffiness, has changed hands for the third time. Pictured: Erin O'Connor and Jasmine Guinness in 1999 (left); George Michael and Liza Minelli in 1990 (inset left); and Liam Gallagher in 1998 (right); and Kate Moss in 2009 (right).