Oh dear, Mummy has let Richard Carvath go online unsupervised. He’s been looking at porn (again) but purely for research purposes of course!
Rumour: King of Soho actress Katie K to debate Richard Carvath at Oxford University
Well, what can I say? There have been more than a few rumours [and lots of lies] going around about me in the past few years, particularly on the internet, and I have come to accept that political activists like myself are constant targets for the Guardianista rumour mill in this internet age. Whether it’s gay journo Adrian Tippetts getting his knickers in a twist over me, or Richard Dawkins or Sunny Hundal having a pop, I seem to draw a lot of fire from the other side. The fact is, the socially conservative political views I espouse are sexy, and so I find myself in demand for debate: kinky liberal-lefties really want to connect with me 1-2-1. Last week I had the latest BBC request in my email inbox, and I get all sorts of requests for information or appearances, from academic researchers to the Daily Mail to the Cambridge University Conservative Association. Professional journalists know I’m a good, reliable source of information on various subjects and I regularly give journos free tips behind the scenes (rather than seek the limelight).
As for me debating pornography and censorship with Katie K (pictured above) at Oxford University, I have to say I’m willing to give Katie a go if she really wants to get it on with me. Katie appears in the Paul Raymond biopic King of Soho (set for release in 2013) alongside Steve Coogan, Anna Friel and Stephen Fry; as one of the most prominent young women currently active in the British pornographic trade, I suppose the self-styled‘Bad Girl of Britain’ Katie K is a worthwhile opponent for me in an Oxford debate; Miss K epitomises and is able to articulate the porn trade’s views so perhaps an Oxford Uni debate timed to coincide with the King of Soho release next year is not such a silly idea. And whilst Oxford Uni might give it the go-ahead, I have to say right now that public debate with euthanasia advocates Beth and Lauren Nicklinson is probably more important, though less likely to happen than with Katie K. We’ll just have to wait and see…
Jennifer Dixgood-Jones 