Who The Hell Does Tom Jones Think He Is?
Tom Hibbert, Q, March 1991
THE BIG-BONED "boyo" stands in the centre of the room engaged in an elaborate mime: he crouches as he runs his clenched fists down along his legs; he wiggles his hips "suggestively"; he purses his lips. He lets rip a blustering laugh born of a million man-sized cigars, wipes his brow, "Bloody hell, man, hoo hoo!"
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