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‘Do I really belong here? Am I part of this world?’ Ruth Davidson: My Week

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By Brian Beacom Verified
| swanageandwarehamvoice.co.uk
Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson takes her seat in the House of Lords As imagined by Brian Beacom You’re wondering what’s going on, aren’t you? You’re wondering why I chose to join this load of old duffers and dufferesess who defy the very concept of democracy? You can’t quite believe I’m wrapping ermine around my neck when I should be staying in Scotland and wrapping Nicola Sturgeon round my wee middle finger?
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Our pick of the year's best TV and showbiz memoirs

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By Brian Beacom Verified, Gary Numan, Rupert Everett, Craig Brown
| The Girl Sun
THE REAL STANLEY BAXTER by Brian Beacom (Luath Press £20) Baxter, who won countless awards for his television spectaculars, has, at the age of 94, decided to come out as homosexual in this riveting authorised biography. It would’ve been more surprising if he’d come out as heterosexual, as Glasgow’s answer to Ethel Merman was always very campy, and thoroughly at home in a frock. Nevertheless, Baxter always dreaded ‘what people will think of me . . . I never wanted to be gay. I still don’t’.
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