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Hopelessly devoted
RIP, Dame Olivia Newton-John (26th September 1948 – 8th August 2022)We are distraught.
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Hitch yer skirts up, ladies!
Wheeeee!I'm on holiday for the next seventeen days!Picture: Vicar's Tea Party by Beryl Cook. [click to enlarge]
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Lovely in a fluffy moist kind of way
“I think it was Donald Mainstock, the great amateur squash player who pointed out how lovely I was. Until that time I think it was safe to say that I had never really been aware of my own timeless...
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A perfect pearl
On this day one hundred years ago, the magnificent Yvonne De Carlo was born.All hail! [Read more about Miss De Carlo in my tribute to the lady on the 90th anniversary of her birth.]
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I need to be seen to be believed
From Elle magazine:The Queen’s most well-known quote about her image is her assertion that she “needed to be seen to be believed.” They say your brand is defined by what a person sees if they close...
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The year's last, loveliest smile
“Days decrease,And autumn grows, autumn in everything.” - Robert Browning “Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile.” - William Cullen BryantThe equinox is today. The Autumn/Winter Season has begun in...
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This weekend, I am mostly dressing casual...
...like today's birthday girl, German femme fataleLil Dagover![click any photo to enlarge]
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An icon departs...
RIP Our ultimate Patron Saint, Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (16th October 1925 – 11th October 2022)
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Gave Good Face
Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino, 17th October 1918 – 14th May 1987)Elinor Glyn (17th October 1864 – 23rd September 1943)Montgomery Clift (17th October 1920 – 23rd July 1966)There was...
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Colours of Radiance
Nupur Arts with Sonia Sabri and Cirque Bijou - Colours of Radiance at Leicester Diwali LightsHappy Diwali!STOP PRESSWhat a day for the UK to get its first Prime Minister of Indian (and Hindu) origin...
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Gothic
The Hallowe'en Whitby Goth Weekend saw in the demise of British Summer Time in its usual spectacular fashion.[click any pic to enlarge]
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Demons, spirits and faeries abound!
By the pricking of my thumbsSomething wicked this way comes.Happy Samhain - get those portals to the Otherworld open!
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The pioneer
One hundred years ago today, the divine Miss Dorothy Dandridge - the first black woman to be nominated for a "Best Actress" Oscar - was born.All hail.
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Peek-A-Boo
Another day, another centenary!Sharing her celebration with a whole cornucopia of unconnected "names" such as our current King Charles III, Claude Monet, Louise Brooks, Letitia Dean, Pandit Jawaharlal...
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Bolly, Stolly, sweetie, darling?
Good grief. I missed a significant cultural anniversary last weekend!The first episode of Absolutely Fabulous, otherwise known as The Campest Programme Ever, appeared on our screens on 12th November...
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This weekend, I am mostly dressing casual...
...like today's birthday girl, Miss Alexandra Danilova!
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