Julie Burchill

Born:	July 3, 1959(1959-07-03) Frenchay, Bristol, England
Occupation:	novelist, columnist
Nationality:	English
Writing period:	1976-present

Julie Burchill (born July 3, 1959 in Frenchay, Bristol) is an English writer, renowned for her invective and often contentious prose. She is best known as a newspaper columnist, but in June 2007 announced the end of her journalistic career. is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frenchay is a suburb of Bristol, England, to the north east of the city, but located mainly in South Gloucestershire and the Civil Parish of Winterbourne. ... This article is about the English city. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frenchay is a suburb of Bristol, England, to the north east of the city, but located mainly in South Gloucestershire and the Civil Parish of Winterbourne. ... This article is about the English city. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Life

Julie Burchill was born in Bristol, England to working class parents. She did not attend university, but a teacher at her secondary school apparently told her parents that if she got a job in the local biscuit factory - like others from her school - it would be like putting a pheasant in a fish tank. She started her career, aged 17, as a writer at the New Musical Express (NME) in her teens after responding, with her husband-to-be Tony Parsons, to an advert in that paper seeking "hip young gunslingers" to write about the then emerging punk movement. Burchill was briefly married to Parsons and then to Cosmo Landesman, the son of Fran and Jay Landesman. Each marriage produced one son, both of whom live with their fathers. In 1991, Burchill, Landesman and Toby Young established a short-lived magazine Modern Review through which she met Charlotte Raven, with whom she had a much publicised affair. She subsequently married again, to Raven's brother Daniel, a much younger man.^[1] She wrote of the joys of having a "toyboy" in her Times "Weekend Review" column. Fellow NME journalist/author Paul Wellings wrote about their friendship in his book I'm A Journalist...Get Me Out Of Here. This article is about the English city. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ... Tony Parsons (born 1955) is a British journalist and author. ... Punks at a music festival The punk subculture is a subculture that is based around punk rock music. ... Cosmo Landesman is a journalist and editor and son of Fran Landesman. ... Fran Landesman (b. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Toby Young (born Toby Daniel Moorsom Young in 1963) is a homuncular high-flying British journalist, author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, the tale of his disastrous five-year attempt to make it in the U.S. as a contributing editor at Conde Nast Publications Vanity Fair... Modern Review was the name of a London-based magazine reviewing popular arts and culture, founded by Julie Burchill, Cosmo Landesman and its editor, Toby Young. ... Charlotte Raven (born 1969) is a British writer and journalist. ... Paul Wellings is a British journalist, author and broadcaster. ...

In 2003, Burchill was ranked number 85 in Channel 4's poll of 100 Worst Britons. The poll was inspired by the BBC series 100 Greatest Britons, though it was less serious in nature. The aim was to discover the "100 worst Britons we love to hate". The poll specified that the nominees had to be British, alive and not currently in prison or pending trial. 100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate is one in a series of 100 Greatest. ... // In 2002, the BBC conducted a vote to determine whom the general public considers the 100 greatest Britons of all time. ...

Having previously converted to Christianity, she announced in February 2006 plans for a year's sabbatical from journalism, during which she planned, among other things, to study theology. The Times has recently dropped her Saturday column, and had arranged a more flexible arrangement where Burchill writes for the daily paper.^[2] In June 2007 she announced that she would not be returning to journalism, but will instead concentrate of writing books and TV scripts and finally undertake a theology degree.^[3] Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ...

As well as continuing with her studies, she is working on three books and two documentaries, and has contributed an introduction to the novel A Year in the Life of TheManWhoFellAsleep by Greg Stekelman. A Year in the Life of TheManWhoFellAsleep by Greg Stekelman Greg Stekelman (born February 12, 1975 in London) is a British novelist and writer. ...

She has lived in Brighton for a number of years and a book on her adopted home town titled "Made In Brighton" (Virgin Books) was published in April 2007. Her house in Brighton was sold around 2005 for £1.5 million,^[4] in part the reason why she was able to announce her retirement from journalism. Brighton is located on the south coast of England, and together with its immediate neighbour Hove forms the city of Brighton and Hove. ...

Burchill has also on occasions expressed concern for animal welfare. She is a supporter of the 'Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Holy Land'.

Early writings for the NME

In her first few years she was assigned the punk beat and notably wrote the NME review of the Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks album on its release in 1977. She left her position at the NME aged 20, saying that writing about music should be a young person's game. She then started freelancing to be able to write about other subjects, although she never completely gave up writing about pop music. The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ...

Career as a columnist and freelancer

Her main employers after the New Musical Express were the Face and The Sunday Times where she wrote about politics, pop, fashion and society. One of her most controversial opinions from her early freelance career concerned the Falklands War in 1982. The left generally condemned it as an imperialist war ^{[citation needed]}, but Burchill, in common with Christopher Hitchens, argued that the military dictatorship of General Galtieri represented a greater evil. She confounded the left again, and won many admirers on the right, by writing articles favourable to Margaret Thatcher. Her unfashionable sympathy for Thatcher helped in gaining a column for The Mail on Sunday, where in 1987 she went against the paper's usual political line by urging its readers to vote Labour. She also wrote on films for The Sunday Times. For five years until 2003 she wrote a weekly column in The Guardian. One of the pieces she wrote for The Guardian was in reaction to murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando in 1999. She compared the shock of Dando's murder as like finding a "tarantula in a punnet full of strawberries". The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ... For other uses, see The Face (disambiguation). ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1788. ... Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario Menéndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John “Sandy” Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed... Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British-American author, journalist and literary critic. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first (and, to date, only) woman to hold either post. ... The Daily Mail and its Sunday edition the Mail on Sunday are British newspapers, first published in 1896. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... Jill Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was a British television presenter who worked for the BBC for over fifteen years. ...

Burchill left The Guardian acrimoniously. As Lynn Barber wrote in The Observer, "She moved at the beginning of this year because when she asked for a rise, the Guardian offered her a sofa. 'They said, "We can't give you no more money" - lying bastards - "but we'll buy you the biggest bestest sofa you've ever seen." And I said, "Well, I'll think about it." And I put down the phone and I thought, "That was an insult!" Because it was saying: You are a white working-class woman who may have come up in the world but basically you're sitting on your fat ass all day, eating chocs and watching Trisha. Which I do - but they don't have the right to say it.' So she moved to The Times, who paid her in dosh rather than sofas".^[1] She also claims she left the Guardian in "protest at what [she] saw as its vile anti-Semitism."^[5] Lynn Barber is a British journalist, currently writing for The Observer. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Trisha is a British chat show previously aired on ITV1 in the mornings. ... Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh(born September 6, 1972), known in music as Dosh, is a musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ...

Her last regular column as a journalist appeared in The Times. Shortly after starting her weekly column, she referred to George Galloway, but appeared to confuse him with former MP Ron Brown, reporting the misdeeds of Brown as those of Galloway. Galloway threatened legal action which was averted when she apologised and The Times paid damages.^[6] The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1788. ... George Galloway,. (born 16 August 1954 in Dundee) is a Scottish politician and author noted for his left-wing views, confrontational style, and rhetorical skill. ... Ronald Brown, nicknamed Red Ron, was a Scottish Labour Party Member of the UK Parliament for the Edinburgh Leith constituency, from 1979 to 1992. ...

Burchill is noted for her confrontational and iconoclastic views, which have sometimes been criticised as contradictory. In the 1980s, she wrote in favour of Margaret Thatcher, but she has always claimed she has never renounced the Communist beliefs of her youth. She is a consistent defender of the old Soviet Union. Burchill champions the working-class against the middle-class in most cases, and has been particularly vocal in defending the chavs.^[7] The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first (and, to date, only) woman to hold either post. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... Statue of a coal miner in Charleston, WV, USA. Working class is a term used both in academic sociology as well as in ordinary conversation. ... This article is about the socio-economic class from a global vantage point. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

Burchill has made frequent attacks on various celebrity figures (notably her former husband Tony Parsons). These attacks have attracted criticism for their cruelty, though her supporters note the self-deprecating aspects of her writing. She is perhaps best known in America for the "Fax wars" or "Battle of the Bitches" with author Camille Paglia.^[8]. She has written many books (her novel Ambition was a bestseller in the 1980s), and has made television documentaries about the death of her father from asbestosis and about heat magazine. For other uses, see Celebrity (disambiguation). ... Camille Anna Paglia (born April 2, 1947[1] in Endicott, New York) is an American social critic, intellectual, author and teacher. ... Asbestosis is a chronic inflammatory medical condition affecting the parenchymal tissue of the lungs. ... heat is a British entertainment magazine published by EMAP Consumer Media, and edited by Mark Frith. ...

Her 2004 lesbian-themed novel for teenagers Sugar Rush was produced by Shine Limited and aired on Channel Four. "Filming starts on Burchill's teen drama for Channel 4", Shine: News, 2005. Retrieved on 23 June 2007.</ref> Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A lesbian is a woman who is romantically and sexually attracted only to other women. ... This article is about the novel Sugar Rush. ... Shine Limited (Media production company) Shine Limited or Shine Entertainment as it is otherwise known is a successful UK based media production company with offices in London and Manchester. ... Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...

She is co-writing a book with Chas Newkey-Burden about modern hypocrisy. Chas Newkey-Burden is a journalist and author, well kind of. ...

Bibliography

• The Boy Looked at Johnny co-written with Tony Parsons, 1978
• Love It or Shove It, 1985
• Girls on Film, 1986
• Damaged Gods: Cults and Heroes Reappraised, 1987
• Ambition, 1989
• Sex and Sensibility, 1992
• No Exit, 1993
• Married Alive, 1998
• I Knew I Was Right, 1998, an autobiography
• Diana, 1999
• The Guardian Columns 1998-2000, 2000
• On Beckham, 2002
• Sugar Rush, 2004 (adapted for UK television in 2005)
• Made in Brighton, 2007 co-written with her husband Daniel Raven

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References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lynn Barber "Growing pains", The Observer 22 August 2004.
2. ^ Stephen Brook "Burchill goes on sabbatical for God", The Guardian, 9 February 2006. Retrieved on 23 June 2007.
3. ^ Stephen Brook "Julie Burchill bows out of journalism", The Guardian, June 21 2007. Retrieved on 23 June 2007.
4. ^ Mark Simpson "Cover Story: The queer lady", The Independent on Sunday, 27 March 2005. Retrieved onj 22 June 2007.
5. ^ "Bleeding-heart ignoramuses", Haaretz, August 11, 2006
6. ^ Owen Gibson "Galloway demands Burchill apology", The Guardian, 16 March 2004. Retrieved on 23 June 2007.
7. ^ "Yeah but, no but: why I'm proud to be a chav", The Times, February 18 2005.
8. ^ "The Battle Of the Bitches: Fax Off and Die You Bitch!", 1993 exchange. Retrieved on 23 June 2007.

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