Category Archives: Society
Cruising at new heights
Britain is getting its first gay airline. Sounds like double-entendre hell to Simon Fanshawe, who asks whether we really need one Staggering news. A man called Martin Langham, who used to be a British Caledonian trolley dolly – cabin crew … Continue reading
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Now I’ll say what I want to say…
Simon Fanshawe feels for Michael Portillo. He too has been dogged by vile rumours All my public life I have been the victim of slurs, stories that I am sure many people took for the truth. Ugly rumours have dogged … Continue reading
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Nothing to declare
Woody Allen satirises our obsession with celebrity in his new film. Simon Fanshawe says it is time to stop sanctifying sensation and start recognising people who achieve something real Woody Allen once said “I don’t want to achieve immortality through … Continue reading
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Olympian heights
Olympia Dukakis was always the consummate actress, above all a ‘theatre animal’. Then, in 1988, she won an Oscar for her role in the film Moonstruck, and since then celebrity has never been far away. But now she is back … Continue reading
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Black, pink and British too
The nail bombs were a blast from a straight, white, imperial past There’s a bomb. Then there’s the outrage, the shock, the horror. The police under pressure. Something must be done. And, remarkably soon, there’s an arrest. The country pastes … Continue reading
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Doctor in the house
As TV’s most famous psychiatrist, Frasier Crane has solved the problems of many. And when Kelsey Grammer, the actor who plays him, spiralled into despair after his own battle with drink, drugs and family tragedies involving murder, abduction and rape, … Continue reading
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