In Her Own Words: Joan Rivers (1933-2014)

In Her Own Words: Joan Rivers (1933-2014)

Joan Rivers, the grand dame of the barbed quip who was as divisive as she was talented, has died aged 81. At a young age, Rivers’ unconventional looks killed her dreams of being an actress. “I wasn’t pretty, and at that time you had to be an 8-by-10...
Obituary: Alan Alan, “The British Houdini”

Obituary: Alan Alan, “The British Houdini”

Very few performers around the world can respectfully be spoken of in the same sentence as American escapologist Harry Houdini. Born a month after the maestro died, the London-born Alan Alan who died this weekend is one of them. A measure of his skill and luck is...