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The theatre critic of The Spectator magazine has sparked a backlash after writing about visiting a prostitute after becoming aroused by a 'beautiful historian' giving a lecture.
Lloyd Evans, who is also a sketch-writer for the publication, was widely condemned for the column, described as 'horrific', 'crude' and 'appalling'.
In the article he described academic Lea Ypi as having 'blonde hair spilling over her shoulders', saying her appearance 'absorbed far more' of his 'attention' than her reflections on politics.
He described in the magazine how he had attended Downing College in Cambridge for the lecture by Ms Ypi, an Albanian academic who lectures on political theory at the London School of Economics.
But he said having no way to 'orchestrate' a meeting with the historian after the talk, he 'instead headed for the rougher end of Cambridge'.
Lloyd Evans, who is also a sketch-writer for the publication, was widely condemned for the column, described as 'horrific', 'crude' and 'appalling'
Lea Ypi, an academic who lectures on political theory at the London School of Economics. In the article he described Ypi as having 'blonde hair spilling over her shoulders', saying her appearance 'absorbed far more' of his 'attention' than her reflections on politics
Evans, who has written for The Spectator since the 1980s, then described going to an 'already arranged... social rendezvous at a private business location'.
He explained 'how it works' - handing 'over a roll of banknotes to a concierge at a desk who
