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Pity poor Candace Bushnell, still flogging Sex and the City at 60

17 August 2019

9:00 AM

17 August 2019

9:00 AM

On paper, Candace Bushnell and the medieval warlord El Cid don’t have a lot in common. The first made a fortune from persuading a generation of women that brunch with a bunch of broads was something to aspire to. The second scrapped his way through Spain, eventually establishing an independent principality.

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