During a stellar career, she has picked up a Golden Globe and any number of bouquets, been made a Dame and dazzled on red carpets around the world During a stellar career, she has picked up a Golden Globe and any number of bouquets, been made a Dame and dazzled on red carpets around the … Read more
Frankly, I’m just so relieved it’s out and I can come out of the closet with my damehood aloft. I’ve been nursing the secret under pain of disqualification for a couple of months and my performance of discretion has not been the finest of my 53 years on the boards. My agent, Michelle, first told … Read more
Ex-homelessness tsar warns people will have to ‘prostitute themselves to put food on the table’ as she says UK is facing ‘period of destitution’ because two-thirds furlough won’t ‘cut it’ Government funded 80% of workers’ wages until August under furlough scheme The scheme is now winding down until it is closed at the end of … Read more
An ‘ology? No, a damehood: Actress Maureen Lipman is set to become a dame in the Queen’s birthday honours Actress, 74, will reportedly be recognised for her services to art and charity First big break was in film Up The Junction in 1968; has since starred in movie classics Educating Rita and The Pianist; and … Read more
Better than a Paul Hollywood handshake: Former Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry to be ‘made a dame’ in Queen’s Birthday Honours list Mary Berry, 85, was included in ‘bumper’ Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year She was named alongside medics, fundraisers and volunteers involved in Covid The food writer has been awarded damehood … Read more
French carpenters raise a wooden truss as they painstakingly rebuild Notre Dame using 800-year-old techniques The team raised a three-ton oak truss by hand in front of the famous landmark The wooden structures are a replica of those consumed in the fire in April 2019 It comes after a decision to replicate the cathedral in … Read more
Battle of the Queens! The Crown’s Olivia Colman and Dame Judi Dench set for chart battle as Oscar winners release music on same day By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline Published: 01:10 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 01:12 BST, 18 September 2020 They’re both portrayed British Queens on the big and small screens during their … Read more
Dame Diana Rigg has died at the age of 82. The British actress made her name in the original 1961 TV series The Avengers, before going on to star in the 1979 hit show All Creatures Great and Small and more recently, starring as the cutthroat matriarch Lady Olenna Tyrell in HBO’s Game of Thrones. She also … Read more
DAME CAROLYN FAIRBAIRN: Ghost town Britain HAS to get back to work and Boris Johnson must lead the way By Dame Carolyn Fairbairn For The Daily Mail Published: 08:50 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 08:56 BST, 27 August 2020 CBI director-general Dame Carolyn Fairbairn Decisions taken over the next few weeks will shape our … Read more
‘This is daft – Mum would sing at Last Night if she were here’: Dame Vera Lynn’s daughter hits out at decision to perform Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory at Proms without vocals By Mario Ledwith for the Daily Mail Published: 22:04 BST, 26 August 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 26 August … Read more