the Guardian columns - 2000
"I look back fondly on the last century, in much the same way as a fully satisfied gold-digger looks back on a particularly easy mark"08 jan 2000 So... in with the new.
15 jan 2000 Spice splice.
22 jan 2000 England's not for weeping.
29 jan 2000 Turning rancid.
04 feb 2000 Back chat (letter commenting on Julie's rare ventures onto radio)
05 feb 2000 Finger wagging.
12 feb 2000 Regional pride.
19 feb 2000 Fashion's love affair with fur.
26 feb 2000 The rise of the ManBoy.
04 mar 2000 Dazed & confused.
11 mar 2000 Crusading inertia.
18 mar 2000 Fuzzy Feltz and how to read celebrity.
"Most mildly intelligent people - of which the media, the arts and entertainment are mostly composed - feel too much like peasants if they are optimistic"01 apr 2000 Buswoman's holiday.
05 apr 2000 Slaves to the mobile.
08 apr 2000 Crusading inertia (again)
15 apr 2000 The Icarus of Ickiness
29 apr 2000 Only women walk on two legs
06 may 2000 Getting away with murder
13 may 2000 Only a straight girl could look so butch
10 jun 2000 The lying game
17 jun 2000 Self indulgent
24 jun 2000 Pang at C&A
"The fact is that English dullness is actually more interesting, attractive and affecting than American know-how or European savoir faire"08 jul 2000 Nagging doubts
15 jul 2000 Driven to distraction
29 jul 2000 Take the long way home
05 aug 2000 Both sides of the argument
12 aug 2000 Liberal in all the wrong places
19 aug 2000 Turning off the testosterone tap
24 aug 2000 Madonna, you've lost it
26 aug 2000 The boys with the thorns in their sides
02 sept 2000 Do you really trust him?
09 sept 2000 Relax? Don't do it
16 sept 2000 Suffering under Uncle Sam
23 sept 2000 Baby boomers
30 sept 2000 Conspiracy theories and Paula Yates
07 oct 2000 Because I want to
14 oct 2000 The scrotum factor
21 oct 2000 Talk about..pop music
28 oct 2000 Unhealthy disinterest
04 nov 2000 The new domesticity
11 nov 2000 Whip to be square
17 nov 2000 Once upon a time there were three little girls who went to the police academy...
18 nov 2000 Having a pop
"No sort of revolutionary ever goes into the entertainment business, because entertainment is there to divert us from the reality of our lives"25 nov 2000 Comforts and joy at the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne
09 dec 2000 John Lennon? What a phoney!
16 dec 2000 Thesps are sex workers
23 dec 2000 Have yourself a lonely little Christmas
30 dec 2000 Self obsession