Open the Cage, Murphy!

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It was whilst living in London in 1978 that he first turned his hand to drag, developing the character of Lily Savage based upon various female relatives of his. He remembers nursing his friend Chrissie, who was dying in hospital, “in the early days, when they were testing the meds. And you’d nurse them as well, and you’d have to break the news to their families, that they’ve got Aids, and the stigma surrounding it at the time … ‘We’ll say he’s got cancer.

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He is a self-made man but the love and friendship he has for his partner Murphy shines through in this book. Born to a working class Irish migrant family in Birkenhead, O'Grady went through various jobs in his youth, including working in various bars, for the civil service and for social services, moving around the country to do so. He says he’s making a documentary about the Salvation Army – with his Catholic upbringing, they’re “strange bedfellows, but we get on like a house on fire” – because they did so much work on the Aids wards in the 80s and 90s.This is an honest account of Paul's climb to the top - I won't say fight to the top - because this books gives the impression that he has enjoyed every single minute. From Britain's most beloved TV star, Open the Cage, Murphy is an action-packed roller-coaster ride through a decade of Paul O'Grady's life, stuffed full to the gunwales with hilarious stories, extreme situations and outrageous one-liners. Skipping from book 1 (a fair while ago) to book 4 meant I spent quite a lot of the first half of the book trying to work out what had gone on inbetween.

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it's finally got to the point where I knew him and watched him on tv, and brought back memories of his tours, prisoner, Gayle Tuesday, big breakfast and blankety blank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there? He says he was only going to do one book, but by the time he had checked the word count on the first, he had only got to Paul at 17.Could do with a bit more show not tell when he is recounting the hilarity of taking his dog Buster down a ladder in a carrier bag. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. From being involved in a plane crash, to getting caught up in the LA riots and a close encounter with Madonna, the stories come thick and fast. The 4th volume of memoirs more than lives up to its predecessors, as Paul recounts the rise of Lily Savage to prime time TV and West End spectaculars.