A Young Man's Passage

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Blake, Elissa (12 April 2014). "Julian Clary: The cutting-edge riposte". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 14 November 2015.

News that Clary’s image was to be ensconced on the theatre’s wall of fame came in the form of a “posh-looking” letter from the theatre’s owner, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and his wife Madeleine Gurdon. Clary, Julian (2011). A Young Man's Passage. Random House. p.11. ISBN 9781448116584 . Retrieved 20 November 2019.In March 2015, it was announced that Clary would take part in ITV's Give a Pet a Home show which works alongside the RSPCA in Birmingham. [30] The series began airing on 15 April 2015 for six episodes. Television company apologises for comic's lewd jibe at Lamont". The Independent. 23 October 2011 . Retrieved 15 December 2020. Although he recalls it with some embarrassment, he thinks a nasty case of anal warts probably saved him from contracting HIV. “It’s one of those things you realise in retrospect, where you think – gosh, maybe there is a God after all?” he laughs. “Because I was very keen on it … and then I got the warts, and I was so mortified I wouldn’t let anyone investigate that orifice for quite some time.”

Leaving St Benedict's thankfully behind him, Julian went on to college where he found his true vocation as an entertainer with a peculiar comic brand of smut and glamour. At the same time, he was finding as much sex as he could, sometimes with remarkably less-than-glamorous characters.

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It’s quite a process for me,” says Clary, who is better known for his camp, innuendo-stuffed stand-up routines and one particularly outrageous joke about former Chancellor Norman Lamont at a 1990s awards show. “I’m not used to it. You’re supposed to think and move and act and remember all these different things. My instinct as a comedian is to [stand] centre stage and look up, but of course it’s not that game at all.” If you start worrying about that, then it’s all over,” he says. “You end up with very safe, insincere comedy. That’s where alternative comedy started – as a reaction to that.” But he doesn’t believe there’s a new prudishness going on that is stifling comedy – concepts such as LGBT venues being safe spaces, or comedians thinking long and hard about who their targets should be, are things he’s fully onboard with: “I quite understand things like safe spaces and refusing to engage because life’s too short. I get that.”

Who Do You Think You Are?: Julian Clary". Whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.co.uk . Retrieved 14 November 2015. Donaldson, Brian. "5 things you might not know about Julian Clary". List.co.uk. The List . Retrieved 14 November 2015. Julian's research took him to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, where he learned more about his grandfather's role in World War One, as chief mechanic for the Bristol fighters of 48 Squadron. After studying Drama and English at Goldsmiths College, University of London, Julian Clary began working on the cabaret and alternative comedy scene in the 1980s, first under the alias Gillian Pieface and later as The Joan Collins Fan-club. They may well have disapproved of Herman, though Julian unearthed another reason to explain their behaviour, a closely-guarded family secret - Louisa had been six months pregnant when the couple married.I spend all day with my dresser because if I am not on stage I am getting changed and so, yes, whether you want it or not, you have some sort of relationship going on. They have to make my dinner and say nice things to me, as well as change my shoes.” Roberts, Scott (7 October 2014). "Julian Clary: No regrets over my infamous joke about Norman Lamont". Pink News . Retrieved 14 November 2015. A Young Man's Passage by Julian Clary I like biographies because a good one will reveal more of a person that you think you know something about. Julian turned his attention to his other great-grandmother, Theresa. Julian's mother Brenda believes that it was Theresa's side of the family that carried the artistic gene. 'Thank goodness,' Julian exclaimed, 'because there's just rough, vulgar poverty on the other side.' I CONSUMED THIS BOOK AS AN AUDIOBOOK , WHICH BOTH BEGINS AND CONCLUDES WITH DOGS BARKING BUT NOT DURING THE MAIN BODY OF THE TEXT. THIS MAY BE NOTEWORTHY FOR ANYONE, LIKE ME, WHO LIKES TO LISTEN WHILST IN THE COMPANY OF THEIR DOG/S*

Clary takes us through his early life, always with a dog beside him, and then to the alternative comedy circuit as The Joan Collins Fan Club, with the much-loved Fanny the Wonder Dog. As he explains, not only was Fanny an excellent performer in her own right, but she distracted audiences and softened their mood before he began his act! She accompanied Julian for much of his early career until retiring whilst still at the peak of her career - or thereabouts. British comic Julian Clary named 2016 Fringe ambassador". Adelaidefringe.com.au . Retrieved 14 November 2015. When the offer first came to play Norman, a waspish alcoholic who “dresses” a tyrannical old actor-manager known only as Sir, a wary Clary turned it down. “I thought, ‘This is very dangerous’. A friend who knew the play very well said I ought to think again. I’m well aware I’m not a versatile actor, or versatile anything. But I just thought I could see a way into Norman. Maybe if I’d been born in a different era I might have ended up like Norman.” He also appeared on television regularly in 2008, starting in January when he was drafted in as a relief presenter for This Morning, [13] co-presenting alongside Fern Britton and Ruth Langsford during Phillip Schofield's absence. In April, he once again fronted the BBC One series Have I Got News for You, and he filmed an episode of Celebrity Bargain Hunt in May. He was also a short-notice guest on The Paul O'Grady Show in October 2008, after Peter Andre and Katie Price could not appear (Clary and O'Grady were friends and neighbours). [29]

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Two of Julian’s lovers die from AIDS as it begins to cut a swathe through society and he describes their deaths with affection and sorrow. Because I am a homosexual, I require full penetration with a member of the armed forces every 20 minutes. A quirky and witty excavation of memory lane in the company of his furry canine friends' Dame Joan Collins