A young man drowns in the pool of television’s highest-paid entertainer. The star is branded a killer. But, says Mark Simpson, the case against the ‘OJ of Essex’ doesn’t add up. Now, as fresh evidence emerges, Michael Barrymore talks about that tragic night, his demons and why the facts weren’t… Read More »Tears of a Clown: Michael Barrymore’s Trial By Media
‘Shamed TV entertainer’ – as he was re-Christened by the British press – Michael Barrymore’s new autobiography ‘Awight Now: Setting the Record Straight’ has just been published by Simon & Schuster. I’ve yet to see a copy, but the title and the blurb, the publicity, the large publisher behind it… Read More »Michael Barrymore’s Big Brother Comeback
Poor Mark Latham, the former leader of the Australian Labour Party, isn’t happy with the state of Australian manhood. Like so many things, it isn’t as good or as big or as satisfying as it used to be. In his new book (curiously titled ’A Conga Line of Suckholes’) he… Read More »‘Metrosexual Knobs’ – Can They Satisfy?
Gordon Brown, Labour’s leader-in-waiting, can’t win the next election. This week’s address to the Labour Party Conference might as well have been his speech conceding victory to David Cameron. Why is Gordie such a liability? Not because of the disdainful verdict of dodgy Newsnight focus groups, or his recent impatient… Read More »Gordon Isn’t a Moron – But He’s a Terrible Liar
(Originally appeared on the Guardian’s ‘Comment is Free’ as ‘Long live the metrosexual!’ ) More evidence that reports of the ‘death’ of my Frankenstein monster with perfect skin, the metrosexual, have been greatly exaggerated. In Europe and the UK at least, it seems he’s alive and looking very well indeed in his lovely new eyeliner –… Read More »How ‘Big Brother’ is Giving Boys Big Tits