"While I love 'em to death, the Brits really do set the gold standard for the world when it comes to kinky sex scandals"
I think you'll find it all comes from being sent to boarding school. This man was probably entrusted at the age of 8 to the care of some institution staffed by cane wielding sadists where early morning freezing showers and regular beatings were standard proceedure.
Funnily enough though, I think you'll find the Krauts are even worse than us!
Reminds me for some reason: Do you happen to know if Robert Fisk received a public school education?
... how can you have any pudding when you don't eat your meat?
I believe it. Berlin was the city Iggy Pop moved to because New York wasn't decadent enough for him.
Yes, and just think; Kerry was 10 when his parents sent him off to a Swiss boarding school. And then later he was shipped off to one in New Hampshire.
Um, speaking of later sadomasochism, have you read anything about Pickles, his 2nd heiress wife, the Heinz widow? If not, let's just say that there are some things even your dog wouldn't put up with, no matter if the widow had a billion dollar pork chop tied around her neck.