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Julie Burchill: ‘Being hated is better than money’

December 3, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Even as a child I was extremely self-contained and combative. I find being hated bracing, like a cold swimming pool on a hot day. It’s the main thing I miss about no longer having a newspaper column — much more than the money.

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