Bevis Hillier

Books do furnish a TV series

issue 13 May 2006

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When I was younger, I used to think, ‘If ever you become famous, on no account agree to be interviewed by Lynn (“Demon”) Barber.’ The call never came; but, if it had, I hope my resolve would have remained adamantine, whatever her blandishments.

You can see what she made of her victims in her collected profiles, Mostly Men (1991).

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