I see with some regret that the exquisite Veronica Carlson, star in many a drive-in horror movie of my youth, passed away last week at, it should be said, a respectable age, of natural causes.
Who she? you ask. Let the camera do the talking:
She was unusual among actresses of her time, in that she steadfastly refused to appear naked in her movies — “often nude, always covered” as one critic wrote of her.
I don’t think she needed nudity to be sexy: 
I’ve made passing mention of Brit TV personality Claire Sweeney before now (on her 50th birthday), but I thought it may be time for a refresher (all pics taken since her birthday):
I have to admit: for some reason I have the serious hots for this semi-centenarian chick.
It’s Britishland; what did you expect? Decent weather?
And the Royals, of course:
Fraffly well done, chaps.
…and by “fun”, I mean for us fans of Train Smash Women and their regrettable decisions, as we turn our gaze towards the Cheltenham Festival in Gloucestershire, Britishland:
…not to mention the ever-debonair Richard Hammond:
And the couples looked fine, too, with nary an exposed boob or garish tattoo:
All well and good, but…
Roll on Aintree, I say.
One of the best things to come out of the demise of Teh Covidiocy is that horrible sights like this:
…have turned back into visions like this:
Yup; that’s Royal totty beauty Queen Letizia of Spain. And despite the fact that she needs several extra helpings of paella, she’ll do just fine:
And anyone who was born in the town of Oviedo can’t be all bad. Why Oviedo? Because that’s where 1893 Mausers (7x57mm) like these were once made:
Like Letizia, they’re slender, elegant and (by my estimation) quite deadly. I’ve had one and not the other, but I’d take either in a heartbeat.
With only a few exceptions, anyone who knows anything about history and aviation has respect (at worst) and love for the extraordinary De Havilland Mosquito fighter-bomber-reconnaissance airplane.
As a number of my Readers fall into the history/aviation dork genus, here’s an hour or so of the restoration of a Mozzie. I loved every minute of it.
Even better, in Canada (????). Brilliant stuff.