"Bohemians" get away with this neglect and abuse, while working class families would be shamed for it. It's nothing new. The Bloomsbury set made indiscipline a point of principle. The Beatniks and Hippies abandoned their children while in a stupor on Hydra or in Marrakesh. Drew Barrymore was a drug addict before she was even in her teens. Then there was that dreadful case with Constance Marten last Winter (I think all vulnerable mothers should be searched for with such vigorous concern).Her wiki entry mentions the basics. Apparently she went to secondary school for three weeks then left.
Her upbringing sounds horrendous and I think her endless mining of it for books and scripts might be some attempt to brush off the trauma? Does she have a relationship with her parents? I find it interesting that when you Google them, you’ll find loads of interviews and quotes saying “my father this” and “my father that” but she doesn’t really mention her mother. Perhaps because she feels like her father’s story was more interesting, since he had ambitions to be a rock star before arthritis allegedly (cough) left him unable to work.
I do find it bizarre that a family so poverty stricken they couldn’t eat some weeks still chose to keep their children feral at home (not even bothering to make an attempt at home ed, it seems). At least if they’d gone to school they would have got lunch.
Reminds me of all the modern day horror stories you read about quirky / hippy / mentally ill / abusive (delete as appropriate) parents who go “off grid” from the authorities because they’re so paranoid and more interested in keeping The Man out of their affairs than keeping their children fed and warm.
Living in poverty doesn’t make you working class though Caitlin, ‘k?
ETA feeAnyone know if CM and PP def sent their kids to few paying schools?
They went to state school for secondary. Not sure about primary but I’d be amazed if it was fee paying.Anyone know if CM and PP def sent their kids to few paying schools?
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Well how did they also go to the Brit school?They did go private for secondary, the above poster is incorrect. They went to king Alfred https://www.kingalfred.org.uk/
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I'm confused. Is she the interviewer or the interviewee?
Interesting! It’s an interview she did with Alastair Campbell for GQ, weirdly, if anyone wants to read it
I had a feeling you couldn’t go there from year 7. I googled and you can either start at 14 or post 16.Well how did they also go to the Brit school?
No kidding. Someone we knew got a Defender because they have a steep drive.The Crouch End black hole is the most hysterical, self serving, pauvre moi, Crouch End thing I’ve ever heardsee also “it just made sense to get a Range, you know, with the kids, and sometimes we have to go to Winchmore Hill,” and “I’d do my shopping elsewhere but Waitrose is on the way to Alexis’ ballet”
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