Ex-Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips is today to be announced as a “dance champion” for the UK by the government.
Personally I think it’s great, not only for the nation as a whole to be encouraged to get off its collective lazy arse, but also for Phillips, who in tabloid-speak was “dumped” “axed” and “given [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Arlene to be Govt ‘dance champion’
13th August, 2009 by Katie
Go Hilary!
12th August, 2009 by Katie
I love Alice Fishburn’s piece in today’s Times, championing Hilary Clinton’s riposte to the unfortunate mistranslated journalist who asked her for “Mr Clinton’s” opinion: “My husband is not Secretary of State, I am”. Fishburn writes: “Clinton showed enough starch yesterday to win respect from any woman.”
She adds: “The flare-up in the Congo rings true with [...]
Talking about a revolution
10th August, 2009 by Anna Coatman
“A bunch of young girls who completely think we’re going to create a revolution”: Anna Coatman interviews Tasmin Omond
I should Coco . . .
9th August, 2009 by Katie
”Coco Before Chanel”, the tenth film by directrice Anne Fontaine, is a swoony, langorous stroll through the early years of the eponymous designer, but don’t let that put you off. This is a film about a time, pre-war, pre-Suffrage, when, for women of a certain class, jobs were out of the question, and waiting for marriage [...]
Fat Quarter is live!
4th August, 2009 by Katie
It’s taken about seven months, but finally FQ is here. Please read, enjoy and comment, and forgive us any newbie glitches. Get in touch at editor@fat-quarter.co.uk. Katie x
Ladies of the night
4th August, 2009 by Katie
Sometimes ideas just pop into my head and I’ll jot them down in my diary to draw later…