You know the feeling: you meet someone out of context, know you know them, but you can’t quite place who they are or where they’re from. I daresay it happens to on-screen celebrities quite a bit, and I wonder if their colleagues on the radio feel jealousy or relief. Cue excruciating conversation starters, none better than the apocryphal story of Sir Thomas Beecham and the familiar woman whom he just couldn’t place. “How’s your husband; still in the same job?” “Well, thank you; yes, he’s still King.”
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Beauty in the eye of the beholder: The Ugly Duchess in the National Gallery
you know the feeling: you meet someone out of context, know you know them, but you can’t quite place who they are or where they’re from. i d...
Helen Robinson

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