Essex

Fight Them On The Beaches

by Mark Simpson
December 19, 2018December 21, 2020

Mark Simpson tests Essex’s coastal defences against gentrification (The Times Magazine, 2001) Whitstable, Broadstairs, Brighton and most of Suffolk have gone already. Swept away forever under a tsunami of renovation. These once proudly tatty towns have been lost forever to the unsmiling, unfriendly, label-dressed invaders who prey on coastal towns… Read More »Fight Them On The Beaches

Tears of a Clown: Michael Barrymore’s Trial By Media

by Mark Simpson
October 3, 2006September 17, 2024

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

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