and she was banned from writing anything down in case it fell into enemy hands. but she kept this small secret diary. i took my little diary and my little pencil, and you canjust about see it, tiny little writing. "slept on stretcher," oh, yes, " balanced on two kitchen chairs. "a rotten night. " i should think so. for somebody of 27, 28 to be able to do that in those days — and even in these days — was enormously unusual. you know, she was the forerunner really of, you know, women, if you want to go and do something, go and do it, basically! post—war, the dresses and the pictures capture dame vera with some of the biggest names in entertainment. but there are also personal items — the travel iron and the make—up box, the tools of the trade that made glamour possible. the exhibition runs until easter. it's an intimate look at a woman