Daddy always said I was a lady. Now I've got the title to prove it. While some poor common girls spend their youth simpering after the doubled-barrelled lot at Polo and Purple, hoping against all hope to land a titled poncy aristo, I got mine the easy way. On lastminute.com. |
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The Bolshoi Ballet season at Royal Opera opens with Don Quixote. 7:30pm. Bow St, WC2. £8+. 020 7304 4000. |
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New and strange: Now Wave Japan at ICA. 7:30pm. The Mall SW1. £7. 020 79303547 | ||||
More Japan at RFH: Daihachi Oguchi works his magic on the drums. 7:45pm. South Bank, SE1. £12.50-17.50. 0870 401 8181 or online. | ||||
For as little as £35, you too can jump the marital queue and marry for love instead of Lord or Lady. Lastminute.com, the purveyor of all things cheap, is selling off small plots (read: a square foot each) of the land formerly forming the Glencairn Estate in Scotland. While you might not get the country pile in the price - they are dreadfully chilly, dear - you do get the legal documents, called title cards, allowing men to use the title "Laird" (which means land owner) while women can use the far better moniker, Lady. |
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Saul Paul now on at Design Museum. 10am-5:45pm. 28 Shad Thames, SE1. £6. |
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Sharp-tongued Jo Caulfield previews Edinburgh show Role Model at Etcetera. 9pm. 265 Camden High St, NW1. £6.50. 020 7482 4857. | ||||
As in Lady Emma, as my Smythson monogrammed stationary will soon read. All without being mounted by some buck-toothed, inbred toff. Now THAT really makes me a lady. Laird,
lord or ladyship of Glencairn |
Tamed down beatnik icon Rickie Lee Jones plays at Islington Academy. 7pm. 16 Parkfield Street, N1. £18.50. 08700 600 100 or online. |
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Last chance this week to see Tocoroco at Sadler's Wells, Bush Theatre's Damages, Bill Brandt at V&A and Hip Hop Immortals 2 at Proud's Camden branch. |
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