Toby Young

How to lose more friends and alienate more people
With his second memoir, Toby Young proves he's still a jerk -- and a rambling, irritating, unfunny writer, too.
"How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" by Toby Young
A would-be member of the media elite describes his hilarious misadventures trying to succeed in the shallow, celebrity-obsessed world of glossy magazines.
The frog prince of Bel-Air
Batgirl caught in amphibian love nest! Plus: I cc NY? Carl Swanson e-goofs, Toby Young attacks. And: Hillary is just so dateable.com!
Hyperbole is hell
Talkin' trash about Talk; Chris Rock & Tyson cry the blues in the bosom of fame; did Bernstein's son cough up Deep Throat's identity? Plus: Gotti on Clinton.
Letters to the Editor
Readers tell British expat Toby Young: Go home; Rudy Rucker defends his novel (and his spirituality).
Scorned on the Fourth of July
A British expat reflects on America's insensitivity to its British residents, taxation without representation and the wonders of the "lucky sperm club."
Star what?
10 reasons not to see "The Phantom Menace."

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