Topic: Joan Bakewell

JOAN BAKEWELL AND EMILY MAITLIS, OUR LATE-NIGHT TV CRUMPET

Daily Express, UK - 20 days ago
CRUMPET is a word that looms much smaller in British life than it used to.. The buttered variety can be difficult to find, even in mid-winter. And...

Heads they win

Spectator, The London - 1195 days ago
From Mitchell Symons Sir: Further to Rachel Johnson's claim that there is a paucity of ex-head boys and girls in public life ('To be expelled is the mark of genius', 28 October), please consider the following names: Sir Nicholas Serota (Haberdasher ...

Joan Bakewell launches attack on 'hideously young' TV industry

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1259 days ago
Joan Bakewell has criticised the '30-somethings' who run the television industry. Dame Joan Bakewell has attacked ageism in television, saying that the industry is dominated by the 'hideously young'. Dame Joan made her comments after a string of former BBC faces - including ...

Joan Bakewell, Paul O'Grady, Victoria Wood and Des O'Connor on honours list

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1340 days ago
After all these years Joan Bakewell deserves to have her nickname updated. Miss Bakewell, 75, becomes as a dame in a Queen's Birthday Honours list of 'national treasures'. The crowd-pleasing roll call includes Des O'Connor, Victoria Wood, Paul O'Grady ...