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Glenda Jackson Celebrates (3843) May 2010 Glenda Jackson celebrates her 74th birthday today (9th May) and her Labour win in Hampstead and Kilburn by 42 votes from the Conservatives. twig® says: I've always had a 'soft spot' for Glenda ... tonyhall says: Twig, she's been MP here for 18 years. I think few politicians have thought about how to get people involved in local politics in an everyday way. They rush around a lot at these times, but this presence will fade away in a few days. stewpic says: I didn't realise she was as old 74 she doesn't look it. Black Dust a.k.a. odonbd says: I will have to wait more 31 years to reach that age. Until that, I will give her the Benefit of the Doubt. clifsnap says: Don't know much about her role as M.P. but I imagine her to be committed . Was it 'women in love' the film? tonyhall says: Stewart, many of us will survive well into old age. What we do with that old age is important. How we contribute to and participate in society when we're not being paid to work is the big question. tonyhall says: Odon, Benefit of the Doubt, 1967, tonyhall says:Clif, 'Women in Love' in 1969, and earlier, a small role in 'This Sporting Life' in 1963, directed by Lindsay Anderson and produced by Karel Reisz which is linked to 'Free Cinema' documentary film making, 'Implicit in this attitude is a belief in freedom, in the importance of people and the significance of the everyday.' reindeer rob says: Tu11May10-10.10bst,M'bone lby,lenovo,IBM,lenovo,lenovo,hp tonyhall says: Robert, she was also against the Iraq invasion, "You have to have a reason for killing people, don't you?" she says in an interview with The Independent in 2002. |