'I was just a fairly predictable, white, middle-class, heterosexual bruiser'

The Independent’s arts and culture newsletter [The Independent](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0QvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvP2xpZD1iMjdha2hleWgydDlXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Saturday, November 4, 2023   ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50P2xpZD13NHJmNHBpMHk2ZDlXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50P2xpZD13dDAxYzNibWdqMm9XBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ Like everyone else, I was devastated last weekend to hear that [Matthew Perry](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvbWF0dGhldy1wZXJyeT9saWQ9OWl0cDN3cG5ubzN1VwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) had [died at the age of 54](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L21hdHRoZXctcGVycnktZGVhZC1mcmllbmRzLWRyb3duaW5nLWIyNDM3ODE4Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWdzZDVmNzg4djNzNlcFc3BjZXVCCmVBkPpFZcbV3LtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). I tried to watch an episode of Friends, to be back again with wise-cracking Chandler, but I just found it too sad. Instead, I found myself returning to[Amanda Whiting’s review of his memoir](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SPaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL21hdHRoZXctcGVycnktbWVtb2lyLWNoYW5kbGVyLWZyaWVuZHMtaGlnaGxpZ2h0cy1iMjIxNTkyOC5odG1sP2xpZD1uaTBnNDNrdGl1cjdXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), released last year. In Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Perry was candid about how his addictions had taken him to the edge of life more than once. But [Amanda wrote that](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SPaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL21hdHRoZXctcGVycnktbWVtb2lyLWNoYW5kbGVyLWZyaWVuZHMtaGlnaGxpZ2h0cy1iMjIxNTkyOC5odG1sP2xpZD1lOXVpNTdlNGdwemRXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), by the end, the book became “a hopeful read” which he dedicated to “all of the sufferers out there”; that feels poignant today. Fiona Sturges[paid a moving tribute](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL21hdHRoZXctcGVycnktZGVhdGgtZnJpZW5kcy10cmlidXRlLWFkZGljdGlvbi1iMjQzNzk1NC5odG1sP2xpZD02dnhsMnhiYXFsMnNXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) to a comic genius who wore his big, bruised heart on his sleeve, while Ellie Harrison wrote a lovely piece on [everything Monica and Chandler taught her about love](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbGlmZS1zdHlsZS9tYXR0aGV3LXBlcnJ5LWNoYW5kbGVyLW1vbmljYS1mcmllbmRzLWIyNDM4NTM1Lmh0bWw_bGlkPXJpM3N6ZGNpNm5vZlcFc3BjZXVCCmVBkPpFZcbV3LtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). Elsewhere this week: “Let it Be” became “how can that be?” We, incredibly, were able to listen to the last ever Beatles song, “Now and Then”. It’s spine-tingling to hear it; Roisin O’Connor [explains the process](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SAaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL25ld3MvdGhlLWJlYXRsZXMtbm93LWFuZC10aGVuLXJlbGVhc2UtdGltZS1iMjQ0MDI2My5odG1sP2xpZD0wMWIxeTN2aWh6NnZXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) of getting this 45-year-old demo into the shape it’s in now, while [Mark Beaumont called it “the musical event of the year” in his review](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL3Jldmlld3Mvbm93LXRoZW4tdGhlLWJlYXRsZXMtcmV2aWV3LWxlbm5vbi1tY2NhcnRuZXktYjI0NDA0MTIuaHRtbD9saWQ9bXNxdmdncWlnaDB5VwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). We’ve partly got AI to thank for it, but let’s not get too excited about artificial intelligence. I wrote this week about why an AI version of Fleur East presenting her radio show as a Halloween stunt ended up being a reminder of how [radio is all about the human soul](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0R6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2FpLXJhZGlvLWZsZXVyLWVhc3QtaGl0cy1yYWRpby1iMjQzOTY4Mi5odG1sP2xpZD10bmw1YmtxN20yanpXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvbWF0dGhldy1wZXJyeT9saWQ9c2tiYTR6azFwc2FkVwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Matthew Perry's death at the age of 54 shocked the world last weekend (Getty) We can’t really escape the rain at the moment, but you kind of can if you go to the cinema to see Molly Manning Walker’s debut film, [How to Have Sex](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0R6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2FpLXJhZGlvLWZsZXVyLWVhc3QtaGl0cy1yYWRpby1iMjQzOTY4Mi5odG1sP2xpZD11eHkycXRhZ3M3aWRXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). Set in Malia, it captures the giddy lawlessness of a group of girlfriends on their first parent-free trip abroad. [Clarisse Loughrey really recommends it](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0R6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2FpLXJhZGlvLWZsZXVyLWVhc3QtaGl0cy1yYWRpby1iMjQzOTY4Mi5odG1sP2xpZD05Y3M2c2hhNTFuNjFXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), as do I; [it sent me on a bittersweet (plus mildly cringey) nostalgia trip](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbGlmZS1zdHlsZS9ob3ctdG8taGF2ZS1zZXgtcmV2aWV3cy10ZWVuYWdlLWhvbGlkYXktYjI0MzkyMTguaHRtbD9saWQ9Mm5jazgwdDUwaDZyVwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj)back to my Marlboro Light smoking, vodka red bull downing, boy snogging [holiday in Tenerife as an unsupervised 17-year-old](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbGlmZS1zdHlsZS9ob3ctdG8taGF2ZS1zZXgtcmV2aWV3cy10ZWVuYWdlLWhvbGlkYXktYjI0MzkyMTguaHRtbD9saWQ9ZjhwNGUxYTQ2NWc1VwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). You probably won’t want to go and see the big screen adaptation of Cat Person, [as it’s had terrible reviews](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0R1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvY2F0LXBlcnNvbi1tb3ZpZS1yZXZpZXctYjI0MzU3MTguaHRtbD9saWQ9empydzllODkwZjY3VwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). But I enjoyed [thinking back to how Kristen Roupenian’s viral short story captured the zeitgeist](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0R6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2NhdC1wZXJzb24tZmlsbS1zaG9ydC1zdG9yeS1iMjQzNzAxMS5odG1sP2xpZD05eHNjbzBqaTg1dTRXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), and the influence it has had on the publishing of stories about dating and sex (particularly from a female perspective) since then. And finally: two shouting-adjacent stories for you, but each worlds apart. Robert de Niro has been in the witness box shouting “shame on you!” in a legal battle with his former assistant, so [Annabel Nugent wrote about the actor’s grumpy persona](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3JvYmVydC1kZS1uaXJvLXRyaWFsLWdyYWhhbS1jaGFzZS1yb2JpbnNvbi1iMjQzOTg5NS5odG1sP2xpZD1oMXVxZTd3dGlrbDhXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). Jacob Stolworthy, meanwhile, [spoke to Big Brother evictee Kerry](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0R3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L25ld3MvYmlnLWJyb3RoZXIta2VycnktaW50ZXJ2aWV3LWl0di1iMjQzOTcxMC5odG1sP2xpZD04aGV3cGo2azRzbGlXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~)about how she felt about hearing chants of “get Kerry out” (it sounds like she dealt with it quite well). Jessie [@jessiecath](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0QyaHR0cDovL3d3dy50d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9qZXNzaWVjYXRoP2xpZD16Y3YwcjN5enh6aWhXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) What to do this weekend Art | [David Hockney: Drawing from Life](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RFaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydD9saWQ9ZzgxcGVuazEyYjYyVwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) The sight of [Hockney’s coloured pencil drawings](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydC9yZXZpZXdzL2RhdmlkLWhvY2tuZXktZHJhd2luZy1mcm9tLWxpZmUtcmV2aWV3LWIyNDM5MDY5Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWRydTRoZGRwenV2bFcFc3BjZXVCCmVBkPpFZcbV3LtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) of the coolly beautiful Birtwell sent me tumbling straight down a time tunnel to the early Seventies, when every art student and illustrator in the country seemed to be imitating the highly seductive style employed in these works. Celia in Black Slip Reclining (1973), showing the designer sprawled back on a sofa, feels like an old-school academic drawing with a postmodern twist, evident in the subtle interweaving of colour and a deliberately unfinished quality. It’s as though Hockney decided to just stop mid-pencil stroke – which hasn’t stopped it becoming one of his most popular works. Mark Hudson | Art critic   Music | ["Now and Then" by The Beatles](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljP2xpZD1sODF0eHV6NDB4eDZXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Harrison’s subtle guitar riffs, and a new McCartney slide solo that honours his work in the field, fittingly [haunt the song](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL3Jldmlld3Mvbm93LXRoZW4tdGhlLWJlYXRsZXMtcmV2aWV3LWxlbm5vbi1tY2NhcnRuZXktYjI0NDA0MTIuaHRtbD9saWQ9dnNocnE1dXpkN2lrVwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) – and the whole thing rises to a chorus capturing the chant-along chug of the band at their psychedelic peak. The patchwork performed by McCartney and his co-producer Giles Martin is imperceptibly smart. Backing vocals repurposed from “Here, There and Everywhere”, “Because” and “Eleanor Rigby” reconstruct the harmonious Beatles chorale, while a lush string arrangement – the sort of thing McCartney used to baulk at when Phil Spector draped them all over Let it Be –papers over any cracks. Mark Beaumont | Music critic   Film | [How to Have Sex](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zP2xpZD12YTFvY280eHJjMDJXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) In [How to Have Sex](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0R0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvaG93LXRvLWhhdmUtc2V4LXJldmlldy1iMjQzOTIwNS5odG1sP2xpZD03cTNpemdsYjRxd2ZXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), Molly Manning Walker’s gut-punch debut about 16-year-olds running riot at a Grecian resort, Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce) finds herself hit, in the middle of the dance floor, by a sudden rush of self-awareness. It roots her back in her body and amplifies every sensation. It makes everything too loud, too close, too chaotic. Out of nowhere, her haze has dissipated and, now, she can only see the ugliness of the world. Clarisse Loughrey | Film critic   Theatre | [The Time Traveller's Wife](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0RPaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPWFtNDZtZGppaW5nblcFc3BjZXVCCmVBkPpFZcbV3LtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) Audrey Niffenegger’s bestselling 2003 novel The Time Traveler’s Wife is a box of nightmares wrapped up in loving ruffles of romance. This unsettling, gently sci-fi love story has got under the skin of thousands of readers, spawned two screen adaptations, and now it’s [the latest new British musical to take a crack at the West End](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvcmV2aWV3cy90aGUtdGltZS10cmF2ZWxsZXJzLXdpZmUtbXVzaWNhbC1yZXZpZXctam9zcy1zdG9uZS1iMjQzOTg4NS5odG1sP2xpZD1hcjZybnpuNWQ5YmxXBXNwY2V1QgplQZD6RWXG1dy7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). It’s a slick creation, with songs by Eurythmics musician Dave Stewart and singer-songwriter Joss Stone, but its breathless pace can’t hide its underlying weirdness. Alice Saville | Theatre critic   ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0Q8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvc3Vic2NyaWJlL2FwcD9saWQ9YmQ3cmlzbWVrNWIxVwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0Q9aHR0cHM6Ly9pbmRlcGVuZGVudC5vbmVsaW5rLm1lL25vNXgvZDI1ZTc0Y2M_bGlkPXhubDZnMXQ0N3ZwdFcFc3BjZXVCCmVBkPpFZcbV3LtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ [The Saturday Interview – James O'Brien](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2phbWVzLW8tYnJpZW4tbGJjLWhvdy10aGV5LWJyb2tlLWJyaXRhaW4tYjI0NDExNDAuaHRtbD9saWQ9dndzM3JsMGxrenF6VwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2phbWVzLW8tYnJpZW4tbGJjLWhvdy10aGV5LWJyb2tlLWJyaXRhaW4tYjI0NDExNDAuaHRtbD9saWQ9cXpyZ2I0aXc1b3N6VwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj ‘How would I like to be remembered? As a feminist icon’ (Megan Cencula/Shutterstock) The [notoriously opinionated radio host James O'Brien](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2phbWVzLW8tYnJpZW4tbGJjLWhvdy10aGV5LWJyb2tlLWJyaXRhaW4tYjI0NDExNDAuaHRtbD9saWQ9YTkycnVoZmRqMzRyVwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) speaks to Louis Chilton about meeting Matthew Perry, the BBC’s "mess" of an impartiality system, and why his new book tackles the 10 people who "broke Britain". ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnKH-QP0SHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2phbWVzLW8tYnJpZW4tbGJjLWhvdy10aGV5LWJyb2tlLWJyaXRhaW4tYjI0NDExNDAuaHRtbD9saWQ9MWo3NzVtY3BraGhiVwVzcGNldUIKZUGQ-kVlxtXcu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Fox and Adam Sandlere in 'Uncut Gems' (LBC) Read an extract from our Saturday Interview below… “I’m not a political journalist,” he says. “I’m not a lobby journalist. I just marvel at the madness of it all.” We’re chatting on the day Johnson’s ex-chief adviser Dominic Cummings is testifying. Messages have come to light in which Cummings claimed Johnson was “melting down” and referred to deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara as “that c***”, while Johnson was revealed, in a diary entry by Sir Patrick Vallance, to have called Covid “nature’s way of dealing with old people”. Both figures feature prominently in O’Brien’s new book, How They Broke Britain, a laceration of modern British politics. “A central thrust of my book is the tragedy of having these idiots in charge when something awful happened,” O’Brien says. “Any fears I might have had that I exaggerated the awfulness of it, or the idiocy of them, dissipate with every syllable that comes out of Dominic Cummings’s mouth.” It’s typically unsparing criticism from a man who’s spent his career rattling more cages than a sadistic prison warden. O’Brien is a fixture of British radio, having made his debut on LBC nearly two decades ago, in 2004. It wasn’t until the build-up to the Brexit referendum that his reputation as a political pugilist really took off, however – when clips of his spiky but methodical exchanges with Brexiters propelled him to viral fame on social media. There have been times when his calmly belligerent, don’t-let-a-falsehood-air-unchallenged approach has faltered – an infamous on-air row with Frank Lampard over the footballer’s personal life saw him dig himself something of a hole. 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