Transformations always fascinate me. Back in 1991 author Nesta Wyn Ellis bestrode the world of British biography with her life story of the then prime minister John Major. The two had clicked when she interviewed him for the now defunct glossy Woman's Journal. So she was his natural Boswell when he most improbably made it into Number 10: her book was the first to suggest that the Major marriage was no tropical fishtank, among other things. The book made her famous. She appeared on the primetime chatshow Wogan and made the Sun and Sunday Times front pages - it was rumoured that Norma (Mrs M) was most upset by the bio. Hurtle into the Noughties and Nesta has left behind the world of British politics with which she was so intimate and pursued her dream to be a free spirited chanteuse. In this rare footage, she busks in the Métro de Paris. She has also appeared in numerous city clubs there and made a movie. I am bedazzled.
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Nicely shot film, nicely shod feet.
Very nice.A great example of how one should be multi-skilled these days to survive.
'Maman,who is that over made-up middle aged tart?'
Don't be rude
Papa? Nicole? Did she not boff ze Jeurn Majeure or non?
BD
Non! She did not boff ze Jeurn Majeure. Not him anyway.
I have never heard of this curious woman.
Is your headline a put down Arcati? Surely the Paris Metro is an improvement on John Major,
Mon Dieu! I'd wondered whatever happened to Nesta, I knew her when she lived in Montagu Square, and I'd watch fly off on her bike, her beautifully ironed hair making a sort of blonde contrail. I also knew her when she was the political editor of Harpers & Queen. As you say she had an intimate connection with British politics at Westminster, if you get me.
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