Banging in the New Year
London Fireworks, New Year 2025Once again, London's fireworks display was utterly breathtaking! But what were all those graphics in the middle of the London Eye all about? Were they really there - or...
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That face
"I love that face, that face, it just isn't fair You must forgive the way that I stare But never will these eyes behold a sight that could replace That face, that face, that face."In a final flourish...
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The Surrealist
RIP, David Lynch (20th January 1946 – 16th January 2025)Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks ThemeGenius.
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I was a Lady before I was a Dame
"My mother said to me, ‘You’re no oil painting, my girl, but you have the spark. Thank God you’ve got my legs and not your father’s!’”"I have always resented the comments that it was I who was the...
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Oh, to be a fly on the wall - #943 in a series...
Romy Schneider and Sophia LorenJayne Mansfield, Liza Minnelli, Mitzi Gaynor, Kaye BallardEdith Piaf reading the palm of Django ReinhardtRamon Novarro and Robert MontgomeryDivine makes her thoughts...
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Queens at play
RIP, the beauteous Geneviève Page, who has departed for Fabulon, aged 97.I wonder who won that card game, her or Sophia?
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What is it, muesli?
Remarkably, sharing a birthday with some of the "Best of British", including Kenneth Williams, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Christine Keeler, Nigel Planer, Judy Cornwell, Dame Sheila Hancock, Sir John Mills,...
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Bell'arte del canto, in verità
The lovely operatic diva Mirella Freni would have been 95 years old last week. She was widely lauded throughout her 50-year career for her near-perfect bel canto soprano voice, specialising in roles...
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The End of an Era
Sad news. Icon of the UK drag scene, one of the oldest performing drag queens in the world, Maisie Trollette has departed - feathers, sequins, high heels and acid tongue in hand - at the age of 91, to...
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It's sprung!
In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast;In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest;In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove;In the Spring a...
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The "Queen of Screamers"
Mamma mia! Our Patron Saint of Extreme Eye-Shadow, Signorina Mina Mazzini is 85 years old today!From the first time I featured her over at my Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle blog back in 2010:A pioneer...
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I think today should be...
...a "Say Something Hat" day, don't you?... and Ladies Day at the Grand National brought out some splendid ones!
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Facrumpsing around
Morticia would have been 95 years old today..."I like men. I like the sound of their voices, the way they think. They're more sensitive than women. With a woman, everything is either this or that,...
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Pickled tink!
From a comprehensive article by her biographer Dr Christopher Fifield[in 2013]:Kathleen Ferrier’s life was short at 41 years, her career ridiculously so at a mere ten of them. As if sensing this...
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Ever felt trapped?
"You can never accuse Stephen Sondheim of being boring in his lifetime, and Here We Are is a fitting addition to his legacy. Innovatively realised and refreshing in its nature, I’m not sure this is one...
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Flicka
The very lovely mezzo-soprano Frederica "Flicka" von Stade is 80 years old today!As is the wont with mezzo-sopranos, she was never destined to be as great a household name as her soprano contemporaries...
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Just a few friends... and a kiss!
Joan Rivers, Sonny Bono, James Darren, Dionne Warwick, Debbie Reynolds and Liberace help Tom Jones celebrate his 34th birthday. Time flies...It's the legendary Welsh belter Sir Tom Jones'85th...
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Arise...
...at last - Dame Elaine Paige! Also honoured:Dame Penny Mordaunt [top left], Sir David Beckham, Sir Roger Daltrey [bottom left], Sir Rufus Norris; Companion of Honour (CM): Sir Anthony Gormley;...
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I think today should be...
...a "Say Something Hat Day", don't you?The attendees at today's Royal Ascot Ladies Day agree!
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A Manifesto
Great Things About Being A Gay Man You are ALWAYS ready for your close-up. You know, by heart, every line in: All about EveThe Rocky Horror Picture ShowYour face You understand the difference between...
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'Twas the night before...
...Gay Xmas!On the cusp of London's Gay Pride celebrations tomorrow, we have a visitor from across the channel to the Dolores Delargo Towers Museum of Camp...Guilda - Quand on se RetrouveZut Alors!
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Always, always coiffed and dressed
[The late, much missed Miss Diahann Carroll would have been 90 years old this week. By way of a tribute, I'm reposting this from when she departed for Fabulon six years ago.]"If you're not invited to...
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