And the award goes to ... Jean Dujardin winner Best Actor (The Artist) Baftas 2012 * * Full list of winners HERE.
After seeing The Artist last night, I don’t know who’s tugging at my heartstrings more, George ... OR Uggie! I’m torn. I mean, who could resist a pooch who loves t...
We’re not drowning in Union Jacks here in the UK just yet, (well no more than usual) but the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year is now officially underway. Earlier today, the sixtieth anniversary of the Qu...
My initial thoughts on seeing the new Transport for London ad campaign this week were not ‘OMG not more transport chaos!’ or even, ‘I wonder how much that cost?’* I just wanted to know who was...
Unveiled earlier this week, yet another new tartan to add to my list ... this time for pandas! Commissioned by Edinburgh Zoo to mark the arrival last month of giant pandas Tian Tian (Sweetie) and Yan...
Because there was a remote possibility that THIS! could happen to me, the lovely people at Apple have swapped my first generation iPod nano for ... one of these. I must admit I was reluctant to...
The Comedy Carpet! Unveiled on October 10th 2011, the Comedy Carpet is a new 2,200 m² permanent artwork sited in front of Blackpool Tower. Five years in the making, the Comedy Carpet is ...
Eve Arnold with Marilyn Monroe during the filming of The Misfits 1960 Eve’s long association with Marilyn always gets top billing of course Marilyn Monroe 1955 ... with good reason. I’m certain...
“Ring in the New - Ring a Ding Ding”. Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment 1960. Probably the best New Years scene in a movie ever.Well, it’s my favourite anyway. Altho...
Well it does for the THE FEELING anyway. They LOVE Christmas! And I LOVE The Feeling (mostly because of THIS SONG.) AND I really don’t mind what they’ve been doing with Burberry this year. Burberry B...
Ballet themed tree by Repetto. Now I’m not dancing exactly, more limping at the moment, since I managed to drop a large skip on my toes at work today. And I still have one more week of Ch...
Shop decadent evening wear at Harvey Nicks. OR just take a cab!
Inspired (to return to my blog) by a London bus journey? Strange but true. I just came across London Bus Tour ─ a brilliant piece of work from Moritz Oberholzer, and I can’t get enough of it. I ...
Beatles Amigurumi © Crochet Today Jan/Feb 2012 ‘The pervading aesthetic of Amigurumi is cuteness’ states the Wikipedia definition. Well yes, IT is/THEY are. However, the same Wikipedia entry a...
Jean Dujardin in The Artist. Jean won the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival, May 2011. Now theres talk of Oscar nominations. I watched the trailer earlier today. Over and over and over and...
Unveiled last week (finally we have pictures!) Claridges Christmas tree 2011. Brought to us by Lanvin’s creative director Alber Elbaz. What a great idea sticking an effigy of oneself atop. Well Alber...
photo © Chris Jackson The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Conservative, conventional, traditional. Often seen out and about wearing sombre colours. I like it. It suits them. I also like (if not ...
I was rather saddened to read this week that a poppy brooch due to be worn by opera singer Katherine Jenkins at the Royal Albert Hall Festival of Remembrance last Saturday, (November 12) was stolen j...
Anyone can draw a stickman right? But they always just stand there doing nothing don’t they? Well not anymore . . . Try it yourself (it’s only slightly addictive) @ DRAW A STICKMAN (or girl!) and rea...
YES or NO?The annual Bling Poppy debate continues here in the UK ─ this despite the fact that the Royal British Legion fully support the idea.I’m a bit fed up of it to be honest. And in any case, act...
"Whenever I see the queen, I always think, Oh, there I am! Im a get-a-dress-at-the-thrift-shop -but-open-a-bottle-of-champagn e kind of person. Patience can be a good thing — but not necessar...
Long time no blog I know, and I’m not really back (H.M. doesn’t return from Balmoral until October 3rd) :-) However, I simply couldn’t let the week go by without marking the passing of UK artist Rich...
PJC XOYO Islington London July 28 2011 Great gig. Highlight of my week. Music to the rescue! (again).
H.M.Queen & Prince Philip at Balmoral photo © unknown Yes, it’s THAT TIME of the year again, (August already! came around rather quickly don’t you think?) so I’m taking my usual...
via Daily Mail Harrods opens Christmas grotto 151 days early. So very very wrong.
Amy Winehouse 1983-2011
photo Applecorps Ltd Coming up for auction today at Christies New York, a collection of almost fifty previously unpublished photographs of The Beatles. Taken by photographer Mike Mitchell — who was j...
... how to leave a lasting impression.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the Inner City Arts campus Los Angeles CA July 10 2011 And then they were gone. Until September, reportedly. Shucks! I’m ...
The Duchess of Cambridge photographs William performing helicopter manoeuvres, Charlottetown P.E.I. CA July 4th 2011 On seeing this earlier in the week during the (triumphant it has to be...
Dear Jan ‘It is with great regret that we write to inform you that after 168 years we will publish the final edition of the News of the World this Sunday.You will know that the paper has a proud hist...
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