My friend Monica is engaged to one of the keenest Anglophiles I have ever met (which is saying something). He even popped the question at the top of the London Eye (aka the Millennial Wheel).
Needless to say, this bloke and I hit it off straight away.
One of the most intersting things about Brian (and something I just learned) is that he has created a whole alter ego called His Most Noble Lordship, Frederick George Arthur Wyatt Foppington, 36th Baron of Pilton and Didcot and the 14th Earl Foppington. Lord Foppington's website is
lordfoppington.org. To quote Monica and Brian's personal website: "Is Brian merely masquerading as His Lordship or is His Lordship merely masquerading as Brian?"
This got me thinking about nobility. I'm not sure I have a firm opinion about the peerage system, the House of Lords, and all the titles and so forth. If I were actually British, I think I might be a republican (small "r" please), and definitely would vote Labour.
Still, I was super-pleased when Russel T Davies (who revived Doctor Who and has turned it into the current franchise) won his OBE, and of course when Macca became a knight of the realm. So maybe I do have a soft spot for the all this stuff too.
Great Scot: James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland) is appearing in a huge Hollywood leading role ... too bad he had to adopt an American accent, but the film looks like a great ride.
Wanted opens June 27.
I'm trying to keep to only one posting a day, but I just heard that as of Wednesday, Foreign Office have stripped Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe of his title, honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
