...a "Say Something Hat Day", don't you?
The attendees at today's Royal Ascot Ladies Day agree!
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Saturday, 14 June 2025
Arise...
...at last - Dame Elaine Paige!
Also honoured:
Dame Penny Mordaunt [top left], Sir David Beckham, Sir Roger Daltrey [bottom left], Sir Rufus Norris; Companion of Honour (CM): Sir Anthony Gormley; Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE): Martha Kearney, Jane Lapotaire, Virginia Wade [bottom right]; Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE): Anita Dobson [top right], Samantha Morton, Tess Daly, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Claudia Winkelman, Steve Winwood.
Congratulations, one and all!
Saturday, 7 June 2025
Just a few friends... and a kiss!
Joan Rivers, Sonny Bono, James Darren, Dionne Warwick, Debbie Reynolds and Liberace help Tom Jones celebrate his 34th birthday. Time flies...
It's the legendary Welsh belter Sir Tom Jones' 85th birthday!
I did a major tribute to the great man for his 80th - over at my Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle blog - but here's just one classic from his long repertoire, by way of a celebration [pertinent, as it would also have been The Purple One Prince's birthday]:
Many happy returns, Sir Tom Jones OBE (born Thomas John Woodward, 7th June 1940)
Sunday, 1 June 2025
Flicka
The very lovely mezzo-soprano Frederica "Flicka" von Stade is 80 years old today!
As is the wont with mezzo-sopranos, she was never destined to be as great a household name as her soprano contemporaries such as Kiri Te Kanawa, Renee Fleming or Mirella Freni, but she has remained one of the greatest "opera-lovers' favourite opera singers" for decades, nonetheless.
Indeed, the Madam and I both adore her [both for her operatic splendour and her "crossover" stuff] - and here are just a few reasons why:
[Yes - I have featured this song, and Miss Von Stade, before over at Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle]Many happy returns, Frederica von Stade (born 1st June 1945)
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