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Dame Mary Quant : fashion icon of London’s Swinging Sixties dies aged 93
Dame Mary Quant who died this week aged 93 played a major part in what was known as London’s Swinging Sixties. Quant was one of the fashion designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants in an era that suddenly focused on making clothes for a youthful generation that until then had little…
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Award-winning Brit author/writer CHRISTOPHER FOWLER creator of Bryant and May series has died aged 69
Christopher Fowler, the award-winning queer Brit author of fifty novels and short-story collections, including the highly successful Bryant & May mysteries, has died in London aged just 69. The Bryant & May series is set primarily in London, with stories taking place in various years between World War II and the present. While there…
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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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Our favorite memories of Dame ANGELA LANSBURY
Several decades ago (!) I was sitting in the auditorium of the National Film Theatrein London. On stage was one of my favorite actresses who was discussing her career which started off aged 17 playing a maid in her first Hollywood film in 1944. It was called GASLIGHT and the young Angela Lansbury and…
