08 Aug The Sex Questionnaire
Commissioned by the Daily Mail August 8th 1999 Q: Who was your first girlfriend...
07 Jul The Day My Dad Died
Commissioned by You Magazine for the Mail on Sunday July 7th 1999 When my father died, I had to finish the cheese he started. His fridge became my fridge and still sits in my kitchen opened daily for snacks and feeding the cats. When my father died,...
02 Jun Margaret Don’t Do It…
(Published The Independent, June 2nd 1999). Dear Phillip, As you probably know, I'm replacing you as agony columnist for Woman's Journal in September. I'm in a bit of a muddle as to whether I'm doing the right thing. One or two medical colleagues say they are shocked...
03 Apr Office Parties
Commissioned by the Daily Mail April 3rd 1999 There was nothing so politically incorrect as the old-fashioned office party. In the 1980s, everyone used to do everything and live with the embarrassment in the morning. My most tricky moment occurred after a special magazine party when I was...
11 Jan Which Decade is Better for Men Sexually?
Commissioned by the Daily Mail January 11th 1999 Well the least said about teenage the better. I was like a toddler scaling the Himalayas. When I unexpectedly caught the attention of a girl in the Upper Sixth, we spent ALL our time on training exercises and checking our equipment....
27 May Viagra, The Phenomenon
Published in the Independent 27th May 1998 We didn’t wait for Bob Dole to say Viagra had put new life into his erection campaign. As soon as we heard American men were queuing to fill their Viagra prescriptions, the effect in this country was instantaneous. Computer pros scoured...
25 May Sex in the 1960s
Commissioned by the Daily Mail 25th May 1998 Pop history says my generation spent the entire decade of the 60s dropping acid and our trousers. It’s a lie. I left my tough West Midlands comprehensive in 1964 - there were no drugs of any type on the school...
16 Jan Impotence
Published The Independent 16TH January 1998 The poet John Betjeman suffered (“My sex is no longer rampant”). Sir Anthony Buck apparently suffered “It took two years for the marriage to be consummated to wife Bienvenida”). Even James Bond has suffered “For an hour in that room...
17 Jun Days of Change
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16 May Imran and Jemima – Don’t Do It!
Published in the Daily Express May 16th 1995 Once upon a time, I actually played cricket against Imran Khan. He was possibly the wisest bowler ever to demolish my middle stump. I swear he could make balls swing in three separate directions at the same time. But not...