I Am A Swede

Sheila on B&B, fairly recently.

British actor and White Mischief star Joss Ackland dies aged 95

It was so incredibly satisfying to finally see Brooke retaliate and slap that old witch. It was a long time coming and so well-deserved!

Lesley-Anne Down is 5 years older than Jack Wagner, and she played his mother on B&B.

^^ Funny that Gregory Harrison ended up on the real thing a few years later.

I can't believe book banning is still a thing in 2023! It conjures up horrible images from the not so distant past....

Are we supposed to be rooting for Mack and Charity as "star-crossed lovers"? 🤢 Because I'm not. I hope Chloe gives them hell (and I don't even particularly like her). 😈

What a hypocrite he would be then, after the way he (rightfully) blasted Stephanie for her fake heart-attack. But then again, almost everyone on B&B is a raging hypocrite every now and then....

Ironically I would say that it's the opposite with Y&R's sister show B&B. That show needs to stop with incessant love triangles and partner swappings and tell some business stories again...

The Beatles top singles chart 60 years after their first hit

It doesn't get enough attention, period. I absolutely love Upstairs Downstairs. It's my alltime favourite tv-show. From the synopses posted the plot is quite different, but at least one episode, "The Debut" (one of the un-aired ones) seems at least somewhat inspired by the season one episode "The Path of Duty" from UD: https://www.updown.org.uk/epguide/s1.htm#pod

Purely in terms of success Taylor can indeed be counted among the very best, but, and this is only my personal opinion, to be ranked in the highest echelon you have to have made a bigger impact in terms of, for lack of a better expression, breaking new ground. I'm not saying she hasn't had an impressive career. Her results speak for themselves. To reach the sales figures she does nowadays is remarkable. But take the Beatles for instance. When they burst onto the scene they completely altered the music scene. There's a pre-Beatles and a post-Beatles era. Madonna did something similar. She pushed the boundaries and paved the way for other artists. Being a juggernaut in terms of record or ticket sales is not enough for me to place someone in the highest category. You don't agree and that's fine. We'll just have to agree to disagree.