It may be a clichรฉ, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.
Julie BurchillAs with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women.
Julie BurchillWomen, more often than not, do things which aren't remotely relaxing but are all about preening, which is just another sort of work.
Julie BurchillThe terrorist attacks were a tragedy for the people who died or were injured, and for their families and friends. For the rest of us, they were a wake-up call as to what type of lunatics we are dealing with. And sleepwalking our way back into ill-sorted, dewy-eyed people personal politics is the last thing we need to set us up for the fight ahead. Come on you liberals, don't give me the morbid pleasure of saying, 'I told you so' again.
Julie Burchill