/ 26 November 2003

The butt stops here

Kylie Minogue at 35 — such a thing once seemed inconceivable. When she hit the milestone in May, the shock was severe for those of us who had assumed, 15 years of CDs and Michael Hutchence notwithstanding, that she was still about 20.

Kylie’s own reaction suggests she sees 35 as the thin end of a grim, inexorable wedge. She announced a few weeks ago that, henceforth, her ”pert bot” (Â