A couple of bloggers, having seen the iconic portrait of me by society blogographer Kim Ayres, have remarked on a resemblance to the late comedienne Joan Sims. It is a little known fact that Joan and I used to tread the boards (and in my case, splinter them) at the Folies Bergere in Paris back in the day. Here is Joan in one of her rather saucier outfits. She was an early exponent of Funny Women on Stage, of which perhaps only she, Joyce Grenfell and Lucille Ball were successful at that time. She had the dubious honour of turning down a proposal of marriage from Kenneth Williams.
