Julian Fellowes, in full Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, (born August 17, 1949, Cairo, Egypt), British actor, producer, novelist, and screenwriter best known for creating the television series Downton Abbey (2010–15). Fellowes was born in Egypt, where his father was with the British embassy. While attending Magdalene College, Cambridge, he joined the Footlights comedy group. He then studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Beginning in the mid-1970s, he played character roles in scores of television series and movies; he later had a recurring role on BBC TV’s Monarch of the Glen (2000–05).
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The tension in "Samurai Rebellion" is generated by deep passions imprisoned within a rigid social order. The words and movements of the characters are dictated to the smallest detail by the codes of the time, but their emotions defy the codes. They move formally; their costumes denote their rank and function; they bow to authority, accept their places without question, and maintain ceremonial distances from one another. The story involves a marriage of true love, but the husband and wife are never seen to touch each other.
But former Tory MP Charlotte Leslie has arguably made her most daring move yet.
Leslie, who lost her seat in the 2017 election, has, I can disclose, agreed to become one of only two honorary patrons of the Zay Initiative, a cultural charity.
Former Conservative MP Charlotte Leslie, pictured, has taken a role as one of two honorary patrons of the Zay Initiative, a cultural charity
Her fellow honorary patron is Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, who was at the centre of a diplomatic storm last year after being accused of groping and assaulting a 32-year-old British woman, Caitlin McNamara, at a private island villa in Abu Dhabi