Did you know that Malcolm Turnbull is related to a puppeteer named Postgate?
Born in Poplar, London, England, Angela Lansbury was the daughter of Belfast-born actress Moyna MacGill and Edgar Lansbury, a politician and prominent businessman, and the granddaughter of the former Labour Party leader George Lansbury. She is the older sister of producer Edgar Lansbury and a cousin of the late English animator and puppeteer Oliver Postgate (another grandchild of George Lansbury). Her cousin, the academic Coral Lansbury, was the mother of Australian federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull.
Six Degrees Of Execration.
Well-posted dear T.
so he's a POM then?
Posted by: Brownie | 24 June 2009 at 22:14
First read it in the Good Weekend profile a couple of weeks ago. She was in Cecil B DeMille's 1940 Samson and Delilah with Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr. Malcolm just can't seem to lay his hands on the jawbone of an ass to slay Philistines when he needs it.
Posted by: Lad Litter | 25 June 2009 at 00:44
Actually dear Lad Litter, this whole fuss could do with a Hedy Lamarr to spice it up.
Tony: have you connected Godwin to Ric yet?
Posted by: F.G. Marshall-Stacks | 25 June 2009 at 11:02
LL: It mightn't have the right meaning, but if there was ever a phrase that looked right for politics, "jawbone of an ass" is it.
B: Coincidentally, just last night I was talking about all the Grechs I know. I didn't mention anyone specific even though Ric and Mick (a bloke I used to work with who was a serial studio audience member) leaped straight to mind.
Posted by: Tony T | 25 June 2009 at 20:14
Raymond Postgate - creator of the Clangers (amongst other essential kids TV programmes in the early 70's) and lifelong socialist. A God in my eyes!
Posted by: Mark | 26 June 2009 at 01:53
An academic as a mother? That's gotta hurt.
Posted by: The Worst of Perth | 26 June 2009 at 12:32
"Anagrams for 10, Mr Harwood."
Posted by: Tony | 26 June 2009 at 18:59
Sorry, I can't say the word "academic" without blurting that out.
Posted by: Tony | 26 June 2009 at 19:04
If you were on It's Academic you had to use your noggin... SEGUE!!! Jeez, Mark, I reckon you're the only British blogger who didn't blog about Postgate's death last year. Where's the solidarity, brother? He died on December 8, the same day as, Robert Prosky, Slim Pickens, among others.
Posted by: Tony | 26 June 2009 at 19:16
Utegate... Camillagate... Monicagate... Rathergate... facking Gabriel Gaté.
Drives me facking nuts. As far as I can recall, Irangate was the first [and still one of the most cringe worthy].
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 27 June 2009 at 18:35
Watergate was the first, clownshoes.
Posted by: Big Rammer's mum | 27 June 2009 at 18:36
Hyphengate: should there be one in cringe-worthy? Or hyphen-gate?
Posted by: Tony | 28 June 2009 at 13:23