Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters
Kenneth Elton Kesey was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Those…
Oh my darlin, oh my darlin, oh my darlin Clementine
Clementine at 30 The wife of Winston Churchill, Clementine Churchill was born in 1885. First home educated, she then briefly attended Berkhansted School for Girls in Hertfordshire.Clementine Ogilvy Spence Hozier…
C.S. Lewis: We Are What We Believe We Are
"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it but because by it I see everything else." 1957 Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963)…
“The most charming listener in society.”
I stumbled upon Muriel White while watching Julie Montagu’s YouTube series, American Countess, where she explores some of Britain’s finest treasure houses. The American heiress and countess Margaret “Muriel” White was born in 1880, in Paris.…
“Somehow, I will survive and thrive.”
Consuelo with children John and Ivor Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (1877 – 1964) was an American socialite and member of the Vanderbilt family, great-granddaughter of railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. She was one of the wealthiest…
“Hello Possums!”
Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, 89, renowned for his stage persona, Dame Edna, a condescending and imperfectly veiled snob, is in a Sydney hospital with complications following his hip surgery…
Wh-Wh-What’s up Doc?
Melvin Jerome Blanc 1908 – 1989 was an American voice actor and radio personality referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" and regarded as the greatest, most influential voice actor of…
Remember Liberace?
(File this under,I have no idea where the idea for writing this came from.) I think the first time I saw Liberace must have been on Ed Sullivan, or maybe…
“Gee, Mom, Beaver feels rotten enough already. Did you have to put carrot sticks in his lunch?”
Who didn’t crush on Tony Dow?In college, we’d watch Leave it to Beaver, getting stoned after classes.As played by Dow, Wally was the "all-American" boy—an intelligent, polite teenager, trusted by…
Sir Tom: let’s stay positive
Tom Jones 1966 Sir Thomas John Woodward—Sir Tom Jones—was born in 1940, in Treforest, Wales, son of a coal miner. At the age of 12, Tom was diagnosed with tuberculosis. During this…