November 17, 2022 ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE NOVEMBER 17, 1971
MOTORISTS who escape the breath test by taking a swig of whisky just before the test may still end up in court — for obstructing the police. Taking a drink after driving, so making it impossible to get accurate alcohol readings, is known as the ‘hip flask’ loophole after a legal decision.
NOVEMBER 17, 2000
DAvID JASON is to become a father for the first time at the age of 60. He and his girlfriend Gill Hinchcliffe, 41, are said to be ‘utterly thrilled’ that she is expecting a baby in March. The A Touch Of Frost star has never married and until now had apparently never wanted children.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
LORRAINE PASCALE,
50. The London-born BBC cookery presenter, exmodel and former car mechanic was handed by her mother to the Salvation Army soon after birth and adopted. The author of Baking Made Easy reveals: ‘I don’t eat cake, mostly. Not the whole cake. Just a sliver.’ But she always carries red grapes and berries with her as she ‘has to eat all the time’. MARTIN SCORSESE, 80. The U.S. director of Raging Bull and Goodfellas, often called ‘the greatest living filmmaker’, won a best director Oscar on his sixth nomination, for The Departed. Scorsese, who once wanted to be a priest, was slated to direct Schindler’s List when Steven Spielberg was set to make Cape Fear. Both had reservations — and swapped projects.
BORN ON THIS DAY
AUBERON WAUGH (1939
2001). The journalist and author was the son of novelist Evelyn Waugh, who said he liked to see his children just ‘once a day for ten, I hope, awe-inspiring minutes’. During National
Service, ‘Bron’ shot himself with six bullets trying to unjam a machine gun. A wine critic, he broke two costly bottles banging them together to celebrate Shirley Williams’s defeat in the 1987 general election. LEE STRASBERG ( 1901- 1982). The Polish-born U.S. actor, drama teacher and ‘father of Method acting’ taught Marlon Brando, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. The ex-wigmaker was Oscar nominated for his film debut — aged 72 — in The Godfather Part II, alongside his ex- students Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Playwright Tennessee Williams said Strasberg’s graduates ‘communicate emotions they really feel. They give you a sense of life.’
ON NOVEMBER 17…
IN 1796, Catherine the Great, the last Empress of Russia, died aged 67.
IN 2019, the first Covid- 19 case was
recorded, Chinese documents show.
WORD WIZARDRY GUESS THE DEFINITION Swoll (coined 2015)
A) Term of endearment. B) Someone who falls in love easily. C) Having large muscles from working out. Answer below. PHRASE EXPLAINED
Dog tired: Meaning extremely tired, utterly worn out; it alludes to the image of a dog exhausted after a long chase or hunt.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
Being young is greatly overestimated . . . Any failure seems so total. Later on you realise you can have another go.
Dame Mary Quant, English fashion designer
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHAT do you call a religious chef? A man of the broth.
Guess The Definition answer: C. Compiled by ETAN SMALLMAN and ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD