Author: Julian Clary
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448116589
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This is Julian Clary's story, in his own words - the tale of an awkward schoolboy who became a huge worldwide success on stage and screen. After a sheltered suburban upbringing, Julian was sent to St Benedict's, where beatings from 'holy' men gave him some brutal life lessons, and other 'unholy' boys his first awakenings of sexuality. He had just one true friend and ally, Nick - to his other school peers, Julian's aloof demeanour made him an enigma or simply a figure of ridicule. In school he was just another pained adolescent, but inside Julian was a new Jean Genet or Quentin Crisp bursting to get out. Leaving St Benedict's thankfully behind him, Julian went on to college where he found his true vocation as an entertainer with a peculiar comic brand of smut and glamour. At the same time, he was finding as much sex as he could, sometimes with remarkably less-than-glamorous characters. Periods in community theatre and the singing telegram industry followed before Julian hit the big time with cabaret co-star Fanny the Wonder Dog as The Joan Collins Fan Club. Soon, the world was his oyster. But fame came at a price, as Julian struggled not only with the reality of being a high-profile gay man in the 1980s but also the pain of losing his lover to terminal illness. Far more than just another celebrity autobiography or 'funny book', this is a touching, beautifully written and wryly witty account of a unique progression from shy child to comedy icon.
A Young Man's Passage
Author: Julian Clary
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448116589
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This is Julian Clary's story, in his own words - the tale of an awkward schoolboy who became a huge worldwide success on stage and screen. After a sheltered suburban upbringing, Julian was sent to St Benedict's, where beatings from 'holy' men gave him some brutal life lessons, and other 'unholy' boys his first awakenings of sexuality. He had just one true friend and ally, Nick - to his other school peers, Julian's aloof demeanour made him an enigma or simply a figure of ridicule. In school he was just another pained adolescent, but inside Julian was a new Jean Genet or Quentin Crisp bursting to get out. Leaving St Benedict's thankfully behind him, Julian went on to college where he found his true vocation as an entertainer with a peculiar comic brand of smut and glamour. At the same time, he was finding as much sex as he could, sometimes with remarkably less-than-glamorous characters. Periods in community theatre and the singing telegram industry followed before Julian hit the big time with cabaret co-star Fanny the Wonder Dog as The Joan Collins Fan Club. Soon, the world was his oyster. But fame came at a price, as Julian struggled not only with the reality of being a high-profile gay man in the 1980s but also the pain of losing his lover to terminal illness. Far more than just another celebrity autobiography or 'funny book', this is a touching, beautifully written and wryly witty account of a unique progression from shy child to comedy icon.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448116589
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This is Julian Clary's story, in his own words - the tale of an awkward schoolboy who became a huge worldwide success on stage and screen. After a sheltered suburban upbringing, Julian was sent to St Benedict's, where beatings from 'holy' men gave him some brutal life lessons, and other 'unholy' boys his first awakenings of sexuality. He had just one true friend and ally, Nick - to his other school peers, Julian's aloof demeanour made him an enigma or simply a figure of ridicule. In school he was just another pained adolescent, but inside Julian was a new Jean Genet or Quentin Crisp bursting to get out. Leaving St Benedict's thankfully behind him, Julian went on to college where he found his true vocation as an entertainer with a peculiar comic brand of smut and glamour. At the same time, he was finding as much sex as he could, sometimes with remarkably less-than-glamorous characters. Periods in community theatre and the singing telegram industry followed before Julian hit the big time with cabaret co-star Fanny the Wonder Dog as The Joan Collins Fan Club. Soon, the world was his oyster. But fame came at a price, as Julian struggled not only with the reality of being a high-profile gay man in the 1980s but also the pain of losing his lover to terminal illness. Far more than just another celebrity autobiography or 'funny book', this is a touching, beautifully written and wryly witty account of a unique progression from shy child to comedy icon.
The Idler
Transport Salaried Staff Journal
Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture
Author: Audrey L. Becker
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786487259
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays covering a full range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture. Topics covered include the twentieth-century fantasy fiction of Evangeline Walton, the Welsh presence in the films of Walt Disney, Welshness in folk music, video games, and postmodern literature. Together, these interdisciplinary essays explore the ways that Welsh motifs have proliferated in this age of cultural cross-pollination, spreading worldwide the myths of one small British nation.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786487259
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays covering a full range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture. Topics covered include the twentieth-century fantasy fiction of Evangeline Walton, the Welsh presence in the films of Walt Disney, Welshness in folk music, video games, and postmodern literature. Together, these interdisciplinary essays explore the ways that Welsh motifs have proliferated in this age of cultural cross-pollination, spreading worldwide the myths of one small British nation.
The Saturday Evening Post
Glyn Mathias
Author: Glyn Mathias
Publisher: Y Lolfa
ISBN: 1847718949
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
From the streets of Shanghai to a Welsh valley flooded for a reservoir and onward to the political theatre of Westminster, this is a fascinating family memoir.
Publisher: Y Lolfa
ISBN: 1847718949
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
From the streets of Shanghai to a Welsh valley flooded for a reservoir and onward to the political theatre of Westminster, this is a fascinating family memoir.
Reports from Committees
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Brewers' Guardian
All Our Fault
Author: Daniel Mornin
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN: 9780091746780
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN: 9780091746780
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Young black people and the criminal justice system
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 0215034449
Category : Black people
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Young black people and the criminal justice System : Second report of session 2006-07, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 0215034449
Category : Black people
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Young black people and the criminal justice System : Second report of session 2006-07, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence