I'll Declare My Own Interest

Punk Was Over In Two Years. That Was The Only Damn Good Thing About It.

Make No Mistake, Most Women Are Well Aware That They've Never Had It So Good; When They Enter A Spa Or Salon, It Is Purely A Hair/nails Thing, A Prelude To An Evening Of Guilt-free Fun.

The Pictures From The First Professional Photo Session That The Young David Beckham Submitted Himself To Are Extraordinary. He Has A Barely Suppressed Smile, As Though He And The Cameraman Are Complicit In The Understanding That This Is Not Yet David Beckham We See And That There Is An Element Of Deceit In Selling The Photographs As Such

What Sort Of Sap Doesn't Know By Now That Picture-perfect Beauty Is All Done With Smoke And Mirrors Anyway?

Writing Is More Than Anything A Compulsion, Like Some People Wash Their Hands Thirty Times A Day For Fear Of Awful Consequences If They Do Not. It Pays A Whole Lot Better Than This Type Of Compulsion, But It Is No More Heroic.