The material on Percival Stein continues to throw up some interesting material. It seems that Stein established himself as a theatre publicist and by 1895 was much in demand. One of his shows involved a visiting Italian opera singer, Paulo Frazzoni, a small but vocally powerful man of humble birth from a peasant village in…
I received an email from a man in Mill Hill called Nicholas Leonard who has been reading my blog and had heard about the book. He believes his great great grandfather is truly one of the son’s of Barnum. From a family archive, he came across some extraordinary facts about his great great grandfather, Percival…
Mariah Carey will only eat purple food. The pop diva is convinced mauve-coloured foods like red grapes and plums – known for their anti-ageing benefits – will stop her developing wrinkles. The songstress devised the diet with her nutritionist. Mariah’s eating purple food and stripping off the fat. She doesn’t want the curves that have…
After Tim Henman’s poor show at Wimbledon, despite a poem in support of his efforts by the Borkowski poet in residence, it is to be hoped that the England football squad can do a bit better this weekend and that these words of encouragement will help… If England win the World Cup there’ll be riots…
I received an email from a Mrs Ponsford from Chipping Onger who told me an interesting story about her grandfather who worked for a travelling group of players who toured British seaside resorts with his Whodunnit, Cludoesque show. Giles Ponsford was not only stager manager and actor but also a madcap schemer in generating audiences…
It seems unbelievable in our current climate that the Hollywood Studios used to have so much power and hold over their actors and actresses, practically controlling their whole lives. Greer Garson, MGM’s first lady for many years, was one such actress who felt the reins of the studio system. Greer Garson was in love again,…
Tim Henman, with typical luck, faces defending champion Roger Federer today at Wimbledon. The Borkowski poet in residence felt he needed some support… Come on Tim find that vim and play your tennis well. Don’t go to ground in the second round, we’ve got strawberries to sell. Be granite faced and don’t get aced; give…
Expect strong language from the start from the Daily Telegraph. 27th June 2006 … Mark Borkowksi, a public relations expert, says that politicians who sit down to … as risky as being grilled by John Humphrys or Jeremy Paxman, Borkowski believes … http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/06/27/bvpolit27.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/06/27/ixartright.html
McFly drummer Harry Judd claims he spent the night with Lindsay Lohan. The British rocker says it happened after he partied with the ‘Mean Girls’ beauty last year. He is quoted as saying: “I did spend the night with her.” Sleeping with a film star will increase your fame. That one notch on the bedpost…
I have had a lot of enquiries as to why we don’t allow people to post comments. The reason is the amount of poker and porn sites that spam the blog with URLs for their sites to generate traffic and search engine listings. If people would genuinely like to post comments, please send them to…