A Young Man's Passage

This is Julian Clary's story, in his own words—the tale of an awkward schoolboy who became a huge worldwide success on stage and screen. After a sheltered suburban upbringing, Julian was sent to St Benedict's, where beatings from "holy" men gave him some brutal life lessons, and other "unholy" boys his first awakenings of sexuality. He had just one true friend and ally, Nick—to his other school peers, Julian's aloof demeanor made him an enigma or simply a figure of ridicule. In school he wa...