But just think what a boring, bread-and-milk world this would be without the boastful.
Julie BurchillMy favourite spectator sport is watching people who should know better searching for something, and often claiming to find it, where it never could be. Women claiming to find feminism in Islam is a good one.
Julie BurchillIt's very hard to imagine the phrase "consumer society" used so cheerfully, and interpreted so enthusiastically, in England.
Julie BurchillThe money I pay for my cultural experiences came willingly from my own pocket - they were not the result of bread being removed from the mouths of the poor so that Miss Thing here could mince off to the circus smelling of roses.
Julie Burchill