It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast.
Julie BurchillContrasting British servicemen and women with the appeasers, it is hard not to laugh. Are these two sides even the same species, let alone the same nationality? On one hand the selflessness and internationalism of the soldiers; on the other the Whites-First isolationism of the protesters. Excuse me, who are the idealists here?
Julie BurchillOne Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and doing a show.
Julie BurchillWhenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index.
Julie BurchillThere's something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times - one thinks of those wonderful women during World War II drawing stocking seams in eyebrow pencil up the back of legs stained with gravy browning because nylons were so hard to get hold of.
Julie Burchill