'SIR' David Beckham! Why exactly? Now? He got all the kudos and honours for a couple of decades, but he hasn't contributed a single thing to the UK in years - and isn't that the principal reason for a Knighthood?
I was thinking the same. It's a sad reflection of the fact that very few people have contributed significantly to this country for a very long time. Whatever anyone does, they only do for enormous profit. It might be because I'm a Londoner and the city is now largely a crime-ridden cesspit, but this is a pretty bleak country to live in right now.
1 unlucky one (probs the youngest) having to do the dirty and the other 39 mopping up the filthy pigs sweat
RIP Pauline Collins Another great actor passes...but at 85, a decent age! Married to John Alderton for over 50 years! BBC News - Pauline Collins, star of Shirley Valentine, dies aged 85 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62e0n957y9o
I remember her and her hubby in Upstairs Downstairs and No Honestly, but Shirley Valentine was a fabulous film and performance. I had no idea that she was an original Liver Bird, before my mother's doppelganger, Nerys Hughes. A real talent. RIP.
