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After attending a performance of the Broadway show 'Dame Edna: Back With a Vengeance' in New York early in 2005, John Freeman discusses the way Barry Humphries' wit and humour changes for an American audience.
Simon Caterson defines the '60's expat generation', Germaine, Greer, Peter Conrad, Clive James, Barry Humphries and Robert Hughes, and puts forward the view that they 'however unconsciously, [have] become the very acme and residue of the cultural cringe.'
Following her attendance at a reception at Clarence House with Prince Charles, Gemmell reflects on his treatment by the media, particularly in relation to his romantic life.