Millicent Binks is an English writer and performance artist. She wrote a column about her life in The London ''

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''.

Early years

Binks grew up in

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. Her father is a nuclear physicist and her mother is a linguist.

Writing

When Binks first moved to London she enrolled on a Creative Writing degree which she dropped out of after three months to pursue a

burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

performance career, but kept writing for her own pleasure. In April 2011, the London ''

'' approached her to be their new

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. Her writing style is tongue-in-cheek and humorous, whilst documenting her and her friends' sex lives in

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regularly commenting on fashion and lingerie, with a readership of up to 2 million every week. In October 2018 she was on the cover of ''

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'' for a piece she wrote about chatting up men in different personae.

Performance

Fascinated with the

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and

burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

she came across in London, she decided to try it herself, combining her love of costume, dance and characterisation. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in Costume Interpretation from

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. She performed her English Rose show at The Gentry de Paris Revue, who Binks is greatly influenced by. She has performed all over Europe and had a monthly residency in Istanbul. Binks has performed for British BAFTA Award-winning Artist Alison Jackson.

References

External links

millicentbinks.co.uk
Millicent Binks Official website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Binks, Millicent Living people British neo-burlesque performers British sex columnists English women columnists English columnists British erotic dancers Year of birth missing (living people)