This plate has a long history. In the days of ubiquitous cigarette smoking, and most of my family gave factory chimneys a run for their money, the tobacco firms hit upon a scheme to further their interests and give smokers a chance to buy even more cigarettes. They gave out coupons redeemable for household goods. […]Read Post ›
When I finished university in 1976 I didn’t really know what to do with myself. I had a degree, I’d spent the long hot summer of 1976 freezing to death and getting wetter and wetter in Newcastle where I was helping on a summer school for Spanish children (I’m sure none of them would ever […]Read Post ›
I first went to the Commonwealth Institute in High Street Kensington when I was about twelve or thirteen. 1965 or 6. I wasn’t allowed to go to many places by myself at that time but this was just a short tube ride away from home (South Ken) and I was with a friend. Even my […]Read Post ›
For A and B Sharon was an inspiration. I know this is a cliché but this time it’s really true. She could make me and, I believe, anyone else, do things I never thought I could. I made my acting debut – and my swan song, it has to be said – at the age […]Read Post ›
Life Through Basia's Eyes 