Anita Manning’s charity road trip
Anita Manning is as far from the fusty, staid stereotype of an antique’s expert as you could get, and her life is far from boring too. Here she tells us about her…
ELDERJUICE INSURANCE: get peace of mind from our specialist partners
Elderjuice Insurance has teamed up with three of the UK’s top specialist insurance companies to offer you a range of top quality products to protect all your interests. We have…
Kay Kendall: a tragic British movie icon cut down on her road to superstardom
Bubbly and silly in a dignified and staid era, the vivacious Kay Kendall is a somewhat forgotten star in the long archive of British cinema’s personalities. A tragically early death…
INTERVIEW: Anita Manning, Queen of the Auctions
The day Anita Manning walked into a second-hand furniture and antiques warehouse to buy a bed for her three-year son, her life changed forever. It was the 1970s and times…
The Beach Boys do it again!
There can be nothing sadder than a sixties pop act that won’t give up gracefully. We’ve all encountered them – hit acts from that extraordinary decade who can be found…
Fishing – an outdoor sport without age barriers
I was in a tackle shop recently, buying the usual irrelevances, when I noticed a woman, a very old woman, making awkwardly towards the door. She was tall, angular and…
Wistful Wimbledon memories
It was in 1973, when Bjorn Borg walked onto Centre Court for the first time, that I fell in love with Wimbledon. He was 16, I was 11. With his…
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Based on the 2001 romcom film of the same title, Legally Blonde – The Musical opens dubiously: an overly Americanised pre-curtain voice-over is followed by a far from clear all-girl ‘Greek…
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