ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
APRIL 28, 1988
A SEXY Jackie Collins novel has been banned in China… because Communist watchdogs fear it will corrupt the country’s youth. But it may be too late to save them from the moral decadence of Lovers And Gamblers — the book has been snapped up by thousands of avid readers. APRIL 28, 1993
IT WAS a speech that contained many of the ingredients of Princess Diana’s life. A troubled childhood and adolescence, the search for perfection, the need to face ‘the more painful issues of life’ and the struggle with bulimia nervosa. She told a conference on eating disorders: ‘I have it, on very good authority, that the quest for perfection our society demands can leave the individual gasping for breath at every turn.’
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SIR BRADLEY WIGGINS, 42. The Belgian-born cyclist, winner of eight olympic medals, won gold at London 2012 just ten days after becoming the first British winner of the Tour de France. He said the most expensive thing he has ever bought was ‘a pink leader’s jersey from the 1953 Tour of Italy which belonged to Swiss rider Hugo Koblet. I spent £45,000’. LAUREN LAVERNE, 44. The presenter from Sunderland, who hosts radio 4’s Desert Island Discs and the breakfast show on BBC radio 6 Music, is one of the corporation’s highest-paid women, earning up to £400,000 a year. She called the Spice Girls ‘Tory scum’ after Geri Halliwell described Margaret Thatcher as ‘the original Spice Girl’.
BORN ON THIS DAY
L’WREN SCOTT (19642014). The U.S. model and fashion designer was first spotted by photographer Bruce Weber at 16. The long-term girlfriend of Mick Jagger, she created costumes for Eyes Wide Shut and ocean’s Thirteen. Actress Ellen Barkin said: ‘If I looked naked like I look in her dresses, I’d be happy.’ Scott took her own life, aged 49. EDWARD IV (1442-1483). The Frenchborn son of richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, was crowned king after Henry VI was overthrown following the Battle of Towton in Yorkshire. After his death, his young sons, Edward and richard, were left in the protection of their uncle richard, Duke of Gloucester, who had them murdered.
ON APRIL 28 …
IN 1603, Elizabeth I’s funeral took place at Westminster Abbey.
IN 1969, Charles de Gaulle resigned as president of France.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Scatology (c 1875)
A) The contemplation of death. B) The study of fossil excrement. C) The study of planets. Answer below. PHRASE EXPLAINED Admirable Crichton: refers to someone who excels in all kinds of pursuits; the phrase originally referred to the 16thcentury James Crichton of Clunie, a Scottish nobleman known for his all-round prowess.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
With love, you see, even too much is not enough. Pierre Beaumarchais, French polymath (1732-1799)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHAT do you call a girl with a frog on her head? Lily. Guess The Definition answer: B.