Natasha Richardson 1964-2009

What dreadfully sad news, and to such a nice person too. For all that she was the daughter of one of the most self-important political fools on the British stage (with due respect to talent), Natasha Richardson showed every sign of being a good egg: modest and likeable, cute rather than beautiful, lively and evidently grounded - she had one of theatreland's few permanent marriages, and I feel so sorry for her poor husband and children. Sometimes the unfairness of chance makes you want to scream.

READ THIS!!!

http://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/the-express-wins-the-race-to-the-bottom/

And then, I beg you in the name of everything that is decent, do everything that the author suggests. Please, every one, every single one, of my friends, whether British or not, DO IT. The British press has long been a place of monsters, and we have got much too used to living with criminals and freaks as our channels of information.