Last night Anna May Wong met Paul Robeson in Britain for the first time since the Thirties. Their stage personae, that is. I first heard of Tayo Aluko’s show, Call Mr Robeson, when I met him ten years ago at the Oval Theatre in London for a conference. Back then, it was still a dream […]
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Beauty bloggers unite. You nothing to lose but MAC’s shame. Public pressure in the blogosphere over the gruesomely marketed Rodarte cosmetics range has finally forced MAC to go beyond its original miserly pledge of $100,000 with a promise to donate all profits to an initiative supporting the poor women of the area who have to
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Getty ImagesPrime Minister David Cameron flaunts his ignorance of history. Again. He’s only been in the job for a matter of weeks and already is proving himself as gaffe-prone as BP’s Tony Harwood. He’s said he would take on China in a nuclear bust-up, stated that Britain played second fiddle to the US in 1940,
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A second batch of photos from my north London garden to cheer us up now that the weather has turned gloomy and we may never see the sun again this side of New Year. The Lone Hydrangea. Acanthus (Bear’s Breeches), sedum, pulmonaria (lungwort), and an olive tree, which is already producing fruit, given to me
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Something a bit happier on this sunnyish Sunday in norf London. The other day Ned posted some gorgeous gardening pix from his California home. In response, here are a few from my garden. Osteospermum flowers open in the sun and close at night. Plus dianthus and cyclamen. A pot of vigorous Petunia Surfinia taking over
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Pic Daily Mail I may have answered my own question. Everything surrounding Ian Tomlinson’s death carries the distinct whiff of a cover-up. Pressure is on Coroner Professor Paul Matthews to stand down from the inquest as it has emerged that, not only did he appoint Dr Freddy Patel at the request of the Metropolitan Police
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