Her breakthrough role came in a film which saw three of her co-stars cavort in a scene of 'frontal, flapping, male nudity' - as one critic put it - in starkest contrast to her own buttoned-up part which, she feared, typecast her as a virginal English rose. But this week, nearly 40 years after her appearance in A Room With A View, not one but two images of a naked Helena Bonham Carter went under the hammer at a Suffolk auction house - signed, intriguingly, 'R Bonham-Carter'. Both oil paintings measure 16in by 12in. In one, it's as if the artist were admiring Helena from behind as she peers at her reflection in a dressing room mirror, her cocked left leg resting on a stool. In the other, a full frontal nude, a fur coat tumbles from her shoulders. Lacy Scott, the auctioneers, catalogued both as by a member of the family who inserts a hyphen in his surname: Rupert Bonham-Carter. But that, it transpires, serves to muddy the waters rather than clarify them. ...read
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Heir we go, Harry! As a new autobiography of a man who's lost both his sons is on the horizon... Will the Duke of Sussex still be king of the misery memoir?
He may have slipped to fifth place in line to the throne, but the Duke of Sussex at least has the consolation of being king of the misery memoir. But might even that title be wrenched from his grasp? I ask because of the prospective publication of a compelling new work by a man who's suffered the loss of both his sons. Thrice-married Nicholas Monson, whose elder son perished at the hands of the Kenyan police, says his book also contains details of an old fashioned childhood - including the first time he was thrashed. 'It was at my pre-prep school, Falkner House in Notting Hill,' Lord Monson, 68, tells me. 'I was five or six,' he recalls, adding that the headmaster, who was smiling, told him to lower his shorts and pants - and then beat him with a hairbrush.' ...read
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Royal fashion star's firm faces legal action over £500,000 debts
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Those seeking an example of how to laugh in the face of adversity will surely struggle to do better than point to acclaimed fashion designer Julien Macdonald. His eponymous company went into liquidation in July 2023, as I disclosed at the time, leaving scores of creditors - many of them highly skilled, self-employed men and women - thousands or even tens of thousands out of pocket. Little more than a year later, Macdonald - once crowned British Fashion Designer of the Year - has been delighting fans by posting holiday snaps on social media which show him and chums on the party island of Mykonos. It's a bravura display which suggests that Macdonald's impish spirit remains undimmed - the same spirit which helped propel him from humble beginnings in his hometown, Merthyr Tydfil, to a stellar rollcall of clients, including Catherine Zeta-Jones and top model Bella Hadid , all willing to pay up to £40,000-a-time for his creations. ...read
September 2024
August 2024
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- Sir Keir Starmer vows UK and US are 'strategically aligned' against Vladimir Putin as he begins White House talks over Ukraine with Joe Biden
- Keir Starmer will look into Italy's migrant processing system when he meets with Italian Prime Minister next week
- MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: To serve up the best leader, let them be grilled
- Losing the pervert father she thought was her protector, drifting apart from her desperately traumatised mother... the tortured diary of the Monster of Avignon's daughter
- Labour faces fresh fury as officials admit seven in ten disabled pensioners will lose out from slashed winter fuel payments
- Nigel Farage faces accusations he is spending more time in the United States than his Clacton constituency - after speaking alongside Putin supporter at glitzy event in Chicago
- Vital rewilding... or utter insanity? Debate rages as freed 800lb killer bears terrorise Italian villages
- Clarifications and corrections
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- Revealed: Tattooed call centre worker 'party girl' being linked to Kieran Trippier after ex-England and Newcastle star's marriage breakdown
- Keir Starmer faces new calls for 'cronyism' probe after failing to declare clothing gifts to his wife from millionaire Labour donor and peer
- Hugely divisive vote to legalise assisted dying 'could be held within weeks' after Prime Minister backed plans to fast-track it through the Commons
- Let Ukraine use British Storm Shadow missiles in Russia, Boris Johnson urges the Prime Minister - warning that every day's delay is costing lives
- Russia hints it may completely sever diplomatic relations with Britain after Putin's flunkies kicked out six UK diplomats claiming they were spies
- Mountain state's fears over unexplained surge in unnatural deaths - with accidents, murders and suicide 'through the roof'
- Bombshell new poll shows major shift in race between Trump and Kamala after debate
- Montana hikers stunned as incredible photo shows ultra-rare beast posing for the camera: 'That's once-in-a-lifetime'
- Michaela DePrince's eerie final Instagram post before ballerina's mysterious death at 29 - one week after suffering family tragedy
- Bobby Kennedy really WAS with Marilyn Monroe the night she died, says bombshell book that reveals their final conversation. And here are the explosive things she told him...
- Gen Z slammed over ridiculous new TSA line trend at airports: 'It's obnoxious and inconsiderate'
- Ohio wildlife officials reveal details behind SHOCK photo of man dragging dead geese through streets
- Revealed: The scathing descriptions of how 'Duchess Difficult' Meghan Markle treats staff as she faces new claims of diva behaviour ahead of husband Harry's 40th
- Laura Loomer issues fierce denial after Bill Maher jokes about her 'arranged relationship' with Donald Trump
- Chilling new details emerge in kidnapping of glamorous teen heiress Patty Hearst who became machine gun-wielding terrorist
- Ohio woman who sparked rumors about Haitian migrants eating pet cats and dogs in Springfield breaks her silence amid 'fears for her safety'
- Crowded California tourist hotspot ignites fear of 'nightmare scenario' - as locals warn: 'People are gonna panic'
- Melania Trump unleashes in dramatic new video as she promotes tell-all memoir: 'It serves as a warning'
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- Huge house in stunning historic town hits the market for just $125k: 'It was kind of a hoarder situation'
- Meghan Markle vs Kate Middleton fashion wars: How conflict over fashion industry contacts sparked tension in their relationship early on
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