It’s brassy, it’s classy, it’s sassy: Dame Shirley Bassey is a one woman genre, a bridge between the Broadway standards and the Bond themes By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:00 GMT, 31 October 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 31 October 2020 Dame Shirley Bassey … Read more
Dame Shirley Bassey, 83, dazzles in a shimmering gold gown and matching face mask as she promotes her new album which celebrates ’70 years in showbiz’ By Sean O’grady and Emma Powell Showbusiness Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 00:00 BST, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 00:00 BST, 16 October 2020 She is gearing up … 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
Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel says Booker Prize snub ‘freed her’ as acclaimed writer misses chance to win award for final book in Thomas Cromwell series Hilary Mantel was hoping to scoop a third win for her novel on Thomas Cromwell Her novel The Mirror and the Light did not reach the six-book Booker … 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 Hilary Mantel has missed out on becoming a triple winner of the Booker Prize after failing to reach the shortlist. Mantel’s third book in her Cromwell triology, titled The Mirror And The Light, featured on this year’s longlist. It comes amid calls for the prestigious award to be judged blind by one of this … Read more
British actress Dame Diana Rigg who shot to fame in James Bond and Game of Thrones has died today at the age of 82. Her daughter, Rachael Stirling, said she died of cancer that was diagnosed in March. The British actress made her name in the original 1961 TV series The Avengers, before going on … 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