6. Columns
THE HYPE PARADOX
I have three young friends in Sydney who are so dear to me I had coffee with one, lunch with the next and a BBQ with the third as soon as I arrived from London. One of them has been promoted, the other just got engaged and the third has had two babies in the two years I’ve been away. I tell you this so you know there was lots of talk about.
CO-STARRING WITH VUITTON
This column is about a syndrome, except until my mother rang back about five minutes ago, I didn’t know what it was called. (The Elaborative Process, apparently; she got that from a friend who does crosswords).