There Are Things To Do : a Celebration of the life of URVASHI VAID ….. an extraordinary human being and a queer icon

  Most of us who are part of the LGBTQ+ community in Provincetown probably shared the same passions as local rights activist, and lawyer, Urvashi Vaid, but unlike her, none of us ever did much about it.  Our lives here however are all unwittingly so richly improved because of her unceasing energies in her fights … Continue reading

There is Nothing Like A (British) Dame

You really need to be a Brit or an Anglophile to understand the Queens Birthday Honours List and why today people up and dow the country are celebrating that the veteran actress June Whitfield, whose most famous role was playing Edina’s long suffering mother in Absolutely Fabulous, has been made a Dame.   The Honours … Continue reading

There Is Nothing Like a Dame …… and her fancy wigs

  In the UK the highest honor that can bestowed on remarkable women who have made notable contributions to our culture by HM The Queen is a Damehood.  Think  Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench and even Dame Joan Collins. There are how others, not quite as famous, that qualify for this too and they … Continue reading

There Is Nothing Like A Dame

Explaining the British Honours System where twice a year H.M. The Queen (advised by a Political Appointed Committee) hands out fancy Titles and Awards for allegedly the “good and the great” of the Country, to a non-Brit is far from easy.  In theory any member of the public can be nominated to receive one of … Continue reading

There Is Nothing Like This Dame

  Every New Year on the advice of her Government H.M. The Queen hands out honors to the great and the good who have made a signification contribution to the Britain in some shape of form. There is always some sort of controvesy as politicians cannot resist mis-using the system to reward major financial donors/supports. Plus … Continue reading

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