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We remember Dame Patricia Routledge : award winning actress and a totally fabulous gay icon
The much-loved and legendary Brit actress Dame PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE, who has just died aged 96 had the unique achievement of having so many different groups of fans that didnt always know about each other. She was honored by her peers with the 1968 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Darling of the Day…
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INTERVIEW with legendary designer and fashion icon BARBARA HULANCKI of the Swinging 60’s who’s still making a creative impact now
In the 1960s, way before the world was flooded with designers of the Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana ilk, London discovered Barbara Hulanicki, who very quickly became a fashion legend. Prior to the advent of the Swinging Sixties, fashion was dull and positively fuddy duddy and this remarkable Polish émigré changed…
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‘Hi Di Hi’ the three little words that made Ruth Madoc a Star and a gay icon.
Ruth Madoc 16 April 1943 _ 9 December 2022 (aged 79) RIP From 1980 – 1988 Hi Di Hi was one of the most successful sit-coms on British Television. Irs setting was a Holiday Camp in the 1950s which was then the most popular vacation destination for blue-collar families still recovering from…
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Vincent Hanley: Sex, Lies and Videotapes : the story of an Irish gay icon
Irish filmmaker Bill Hughes’s poignant and very personal documentary on his DJ friend the late Vincent Hanley will probably move you to tears. Especially if you are a gay man of a certain age. Or Irish. Or both. Hanley was a celebrity DJ and TV presenter in the 1970s & 1980s in a very…
