He was Ziggy Stardust, an epicene icon showing the world the pleasures of gender-f*ckery: he was the Thin White Duke, ...

Many tourists end up spending a big chunk of their Cape Town visit at the V&A Waterfront — which, while it has some gems, is not unlike the mall you probably frequent when you visit your parents.

The next week, Mrs Jones brought in David's wife, Angie, who was so delighted with the "outrageous" haircut Suzi gave her that she took her to meet David himself – "a pale and epicene young man ...

In any case, if the Emcee were moonlighting as a milquetoast-looking Nazi sympathizer, when not flouncing around the Kit Kat ...

His name evokes Church Triumphant martyrdoms, over upholstered female nudes, and epicene monarchs costumed as gods, images that have little appeal in the censorious, secular, anti-everything 1990's.