+ 1 - 1 | § ¶Ashes To Ashes - Back To The 80s
Life On Mars was the best programme the BBC has made in years. That series was set in the Glam’ ‘70s. the new series, Ashes To Ashes, carries on into the New Romantic ‘80s. The Times today has a preview video from the series which starts on BBC 1 on February 7th. The newspaper also has an interview with the Philip Glenister who plays the wonderfully non-PC, DCI Gene Hunt. I see that YouTube also has a scattering of trailers for Ashes To Ashes. The one below seems to be one of the best (though, for some reason, whoever recorded it has also grabbed a whole load of other stuff after the trailer... oh well, just watch the first 40 seconds). Looks fab!
+ 1 - 2 | § ¶80s Fashion Is Cool Again
According to The Times, anyhow....Hot from a trendy fashion show, The Times Fashion Editor writes: “Claudia Schiffer sat in the front row at Chanel’s show on Tuesday, not looking a second older than she did in her first Guess ads a thousand years go. Her feud with Karl Lagerfeld long forgotten, her vanilla blonde mane stood to attention, having been whipped into a VIH (very important hair) structure that in its way was every bit as gravity defying as the vast glass roof of the Grand Palais that soared above the catwalk. The ghost of the late Eighties seemed to be hovering over proceedings...”
Thank Heaven I never threw all my 80s clothes away. Other people may pay a fortune for 80s look-alike clothes. I can just brush the cobwebs off and wear the originals, dahling...
Read The Times Article
+ 3 - 4 | § ¶Phil Lynott Died Today
January 4th 1986...Thanks for the BBC for reminding me.
Phil Lynott, the former lead singer of the rock band Thin Lizzy, has died from heart failure and pneumonia after an 11-day fight for his life.
The 36-year-old rock star had been admitted to Salisbury Hospital in Wiltshire with a serious kidney and liver infection on Christmas Day, after he collapsed from a drink and drug binge at his home in Surrey.
Full story...
+ 7 - 1 | § ¶Chelsea Bunn, The Hairdressing Detective
What better way to relax yourself gently into the new year than to peruse the thrill-packed casebook of Chelsea Bunn, the world-famous hairdresser and detective. I don’t want to name drop, but it so happens that I am a personal friend of Chelsea Bunn and I can tell you that she is a very remarkable woman. This is the first time the full details of some of her most famous cases have been made public. Promises to be a fascinating read...
http://chelseabunn.blogspot.com/
