**Stuart Jeffries *is a journalist and author. He was for many years on the staff of the Guardian , working as subeditor, TV critic, Friday Review editor, and Paris correspondent. He now works as a freelance writer, mostly for the Guardian, Spectator, Financial Times, and the London Review of Books....

**Stuart Jeffries *is a journalist and author. He was for many years on the staff of the Guardian , working as subeditor, TV critic, Friday Review editor, and Paris correspondent. He now works as a freelance writer, mostly for the Guardian, Spectator, Financial Times, and the London Review of Books. He has written several books, including Mrs Slocombe's Pussy, Grand Hotel Abyss, and * Everything, All the Time, Everywhere.