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David Ellis reviews Jamie Oliver Catherine St: Oh Jamie, this is like a musical with a star who just can’t sing

Source: David Loftus

"I don’t want to name-drop,” a pal said, as he finished a story about partying with will.i.am. “But Andrew Lloyd Webber said to me last week, ‘look, it’s Jamie Oliver. He’ll automatically get a spanking from the press.’ Be kind."

Perhaps. As it is, Google News records 64 positive Oliver press stories from the past week which — call me a cynic — smacks of publicity bods flooding the internet in the hope of hiding bad reviews. Banning Turkey

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