NOUGAT THE FEARLESS
CELEBRATION RATHER THAN CELEBRITY
When I was a child my hero was a film star, Stewart Granger. My husband John’s heroine was the beautiful Debra Paget. Now, March 28th, 2019 we share the identical hero,...
HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY – DR KIT PEDLER
DR KIT PEDLER “THE IMPERFECT GAIAN”
“I have a fire in my belly – a force inside me I didn’t think was possible.” But when I meet DR KIT PEDLER in his quiet farm cottage...
HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY – GLENDA JACKSON
Tags: Celebrities. Famous people. Actors. Glenda Jackson
THE FORMIDABLE GLENDA JACKSON CBE ‘AS SOFT AS AN OLD MARSHMALLOW’
After her recent 1976 gory divorce, which English icon Glenda Jackson, 39, describes as “An issue of personal...
Helly’s Celebrities of the 20th Century
Tags: Celebrities. Famous people. Actors. Timothy Dalton. James Bond. 007
THE SENSITIVE OO7
Even before I meet 42-year old TIMOTHY DALTON, ALIAS JAMES BOND 007, in 1988, I know I have a battle on my hands...
NEW BOOK – HANDY HISTORY OF BRIBIE ISLAND
When I retired to Bribie Island from Sydney in 2003 I soon became fascinated with the rich history of this small place. This is the “The Cradle Site of Queensland” but there was virtually...
Helly’s Celebrities of the 20th Century – YBONA PRICE
Tags: Celebrities. Actors. Famous people. YBONA PRICE
SPAGHETTI OR NAILS?
Most teenagers like to conduct a little rebellion against their parents. Few, however, can have seen it get so much out of hand as England’s YBONA PRICE....
HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY – OMAR SHARIF AND THE 35 STEPS
Tags: Celebrities. Famous People. Actors. OMAR SHARIF
When Omar Sharif introduced me into the glamorous world of international contract bridge in 1969, little did I suspect that he had set into motion a chain reaction which...
A REALLY GREAT READ
I doubt that there are many avid readers who have not enjoyed one or more of the mainly African themed novels by well-known author Wilbur Smith and I think that it would be accurate...
ENTERTAINERS OF THE Island – RICK DALTON
From when I began this series in 2017, I have been surprised at just how many former members of well-known bands from the ‘60s and ‘70s now live and still entertain in the local...
Music Review – Erin May
Earlier this year, local band Erin May featured as “Entertainers of the Island” in this magazine and I remember thinking at the time when I wrote the article that this was a band that...
