I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for me and, at the risk of being vulgar, paid far better for my services.

It's received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly.

I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for me and, at the risk of being vulgar, paid far better for my services.

Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it.

But just think what a boring, bread-and-milk world this would be without the boastful.

Women, more often than not, do things which aren't remotely relaxing but are all about preening, which is just another sort of work.

There'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.