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‘Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story’ Film Review: Tell-All Novelist Kept Her Own Sorrows Private
Tribeca 2021: A new documentary goes beyond the shoulder pads and leopard prints to examine a writer fighting her way out of sister Joan’s shadow
Dan Callahan | June 10, 2021 @ 2:00 PM
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There is a riveting moment in “Lady Boss,” an insightful documentary about the life of novelist Jackie Collins, in which we see Collins preparing her face for the camera. She brushes her bangs a bit with her finger as if to give herself something positive to do, but there is turmoil going on behind her eyes; it looks like she is struggling to hold down enormous pain and insecurity, and this struggle is intensely active, for there was nothing passive about Collins.
Quaglino s: Golden-age glam the perfect antidote to lockdown
Quaglino s is big, exaggerated and unapologetic - the perfect antidote to the forced reserve of lockdown (Lara Mills)
It is fair to say that good old fashioned glamour has not been in vogue during months of endless lockdowns.
But London is back, and open-ish, and so City A.M. whipped out the dust-covered ironing board to glow up for a night of Golden Age glamour.
Quaglino’s has a wonderful history – a Gatsby-esque favourite in the thirties, it was also the first restaurant that the Queen ever dined in. John Profumo and his wife made a rare appearance after the Profumo affair to tell the press that all was well (friends, it was not all well). And Barbara Cartland once found a real pearl in an oyster there.
Wax Heads from the House of Wax were auctioned off
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Would you like to see the world’s largest private collection of model soldiers? A world-famous embroidery by a fisherman artist or the world’s longest continuously operating radar site? England’s last town gas works ? If so, you’re in luck – as they can all be found in Norfolk.
See shells - Small but perfectly formed, like many of its beautiful exhibits, the Shell Museum at Glandford, near Holt, is the oldest purpose-built museum in Norfolk. Its exquisite jewel of a building is set close to a ford through the pretty river Glaven, and houses an impressive seashell collection plus fossils, local archaeological finds and a world-famous embroidery by a fisherman artist. It reopens on Tuesday, May 18.
Mills & Boons: An affair to remember
Lekha Menon Filed on May 7, 2021 | Last updated on May 8, 2021 at 07.14 am
The romantic streak ushered in by MBs never lost its chemistry. What is it about this series that keeps it going even though it goes against many modern notions of feminism?
With their gazes locked, everything inside him slowed into a crawl. Warmth suffused him, along with a yearning so pure he couldn’t fight it. He inched closer…” Self-censorship prevents me from adding further so feel free to fill in the blanks. If you are a romance novel reader, the task shouldn’t be difficult.