A Shroud of Thoughts

Jerry Nelson, who provided the voices of such Muppets as Sgt. Floyd Pepper of Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem, Kermit's nephew Robin...

It was 100 years ago today, on 23 August 2012, that Gene Kelly was born. Alongside Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers he is perhaps the most fam...

William Windom Prolific actor William Windom died on 16 August 2012 at the age of 88. He was  a regular on the shows The Farmer's Daugh...

Phyllis Diller, the legendary comic with a self deprecating sense of humour, died yesterday at the age of 95. While she was hardly the first...

Confidential was not only the most notorious gossip magazine of the Fifties, but perhaps of all time. Founded in 1952 by publisher Robert...

Even in the 20th Century celebrity gossip was nothing new. The gossip column as we know it today took shape in late Victorian London. The ...

(Tonight I have a special treat. It is the first guest post to be published in A Shroud of Thoughts . It is by professional writer Stacey Th...