Julie Burchill

A teenager changes schools and makes new friends who alter her traditional behaviour.

Sugar Rush

‘Some people tread water all their lives. Not me – I’m gonna make a big splash. I could see myself living the good life, chasing the sun . . . feet up, glass in hand, no worries. Sweet. After a short stay at Her Majesty’s pleasure, Maria Sweet, aka Sugar, is back. Her husband may have done a runner, taking their daughter with them, but at least she has a plan: get a job, get some cash and get the h*ll out of Brighton. And somewhere out there in the big bad world is Kim Lewis, who might just be the Love of Sugar’s Life after all. Course, Sugar’s not about to settle for a soul-sucking McJob, instead she’s landed a stint as a model for local fashion designers Agnew & Bagshawe. But when she discovers they’ve used her not so much as a muse but to amuse, she’s hell-bent on vengeance and that can only lead to chaos . . . Sugar is as defiant and outrageous as ever in this riotous sequel to Sugar Rush, Burchill’s bestselling teen novel.

Sweet

Cults and Heroes Reappraised

Damaged Gods

Nicole has met and married the man of her dreams, but marriage hasn't yet put an end to her fun-loving, hard-drinking, independent life. Life is sorted in their oh-so-cool Docklands flat until Nicole decides to rescue her beloved Gran from a fate worse than death: incarceration in a home.

Married Alive

This collection of thoughts of one of Britain's controversial commentators notes love, life, men, the universe and Madonna amongst other 1990s topics.

Sex & Sensibility

Chas Newkey-Burden

"It is a great and glorious tradition the world over to vehemently state one thing and then do the exact opposite. Royals are doing it, reformed smokers are doing it, and politicians are virtually synonymous with it. Welcome to the heyday of hypocrisy. From the Everyday Hypocrites (cyclists, white hip-hop fans, reality television haters) to the truly pungent Stinking Hypocrites (chav-haters, green campaigners and anti-Americans), Julie Burchill and Chas Newkey-Burden pull no punches in their witty harangue of those who shamelessly say one thing and do another. Featuring the unmissable Hyppie Awards, the Hypocrite s Perfect Day Out and the positively toe-tapping Hypocrite s Top Ten Songs."

A Compendium of Modern Hypocrisy

Not in My Name

Tony Parsons

"The boy looked at Johnny"

I'm sick of breaking bimbos—it's no fun, no challenge. Strong, hard career girls—they're the new filet mignon of females. Girls like you. Oh, I'm going to have fun breaking you, Susan. Tobias Pope ruled his communications empire with fear and loathing—his employees feared him and he loathed them. But he may have met his match in Susan Street, the young, beautiful, and nakedly ambitious deputy of his latest newspaper acquisition. As they fight, shop, and orgy from Soho to Rio and from Sun City to New York City, getting what she wants—the top job—seems so simple. If she doesn't break first. No taboo is left unbroken, no fantasy left unfulfilled in this shocking exposÉ of the lengths to which one woman will go become editor of the UK's bestselling tabloid.

Ambition

An Autobiography

I Knew I was Right

The Complete First Series

Teen Reading Guides

It's survival of the fittest at Ravendene Comprehensive - the terrifying teenage jungle for which Kim Lewis must trade her safe, posh private school. But help is at hand - in the unlikely form of the rude, raucous, toxic and tantalising Maria (aka Sugar) Sweet, queen of the 'Ravers'. As Kim falls quickly under her spell, and gambles her good-girl past for an exciting life of late-night parties and daring emotion, she must ask herself a disturbing question: has she fallen in love with her best friend?

Sugar Rush: A Sugar Novel 1

In 2013, the journalist Julie Burchill wrote a mischievous newspaper column defending a friend against political extremists. She was pursued by an outraged mob, denounced in Parliament and never published in that paper - or any other - for many years. Welcome To The Woke Trials is part-memoir and part-indictment of what happened to her between then and now, as the regiments of Woke took over; an irreverent and entertaining analysis of the key elements of a continuing and disturbing phenomenon. Raised in a Communist household and a lifelong Labour voter, Burchill also makes the case for a progressive future politics, a time when we see ourselves as a common humanity with similar hopes and visions - rather than a childish world of villains and victims.

How #Identity Killed Progressive Politics

Welcome to the Woke Trials

A British history and opinion of punk rock music.

The Obituary of Rock and Roll

"The Boy Looked at Johnny"

In 2013, Julie Burchill wrote a mischievous piece in the Observer to defend her friend Suzanne Moore. Burchill had not anticipated the vitriolic reaction that her words would provoke. She was pursued by the outrage mob, and there were even calls in the British House of Commons for her to be fired from her job. After that, Burchill - now known as "the dark star of Fleet Street" - was lucky to be to writing online blog pieces for the Spectator. Welcome to the Woke Trials is part-memoir and part-indictment of what happened to Julie Burchill between then and now, as the regiments of the woke took over journalism. It is also a characteristically irreverent and entertaining analysis of the key elements of a continuing and disturbing phenomenon - all told with the common touch and rampant vulgarity that has made Burchill a household name. Raised in a communist household and a lifelong Labour Party voter, Burchill also makes the case for a progressive future politics, a time when we see ourselves as a common humanity with similar hopes and dreams rather than a childish world of villains and victims. As she argues, the day we awake from our sleepwalking cannot come too soon.

Daniel Raven

Britain is experiencing a sudden reckless rush of liberalisation, from 24 hour licensing to gay marriages. But how did we get from idolising Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier to Jordan and Peter Andre? Funny and bittersweet, Made In Brighton interweaves personal stories of life in Brighton with larger themes of sex, politics and class to take a cold, hard look at the changing face of Britain, and at the town which has always been at the vanguard of Britain's cultural evolution. From punk to dance, dope to coke, the Labour party to hen parties, straight to gay to bi, this book holds a mirror up to the dazed face of Britain and gives it a good hard slap.

From the grand to the gutter: Modern Britain as seen from beside the sea

Made In Brighton

I'm sick of breaking bimbos—it's no fun, no challenge. Strong, hard career girls—they're the new filet mignon of females. Girls like you. Oh, I'm going to have fun breaking you, Susan. Tobias Pope ruled his communications empire with fear and loathing—his employees feared him and he loathed them. But he may have met his match in Susan Street, the young, beautiful, and nakedly ambitious deputy of his latest newspaper acquisition. As they fight, shop, and orgy from Soho to Rio and from Sun City to New York City, getting what she wants—the top job—seems so simple. If she doesn't break first. No taboo is left unbroken, no fantasy left unfulfilled in this shocking exposé of the lengths to which one woman will go become editor of the UK's bestselling tabloid.

Romantic thriller. A 25 year old ambitious radio journalist gets his big break when he is sent to work for the World Service in Prague where he meets, and starts a kinky affair with, a beautiful Czech translator.

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