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3 May  09  
  • Though it's been a few months since Wendy passed away, I find it is still too soon to resume work on the Wendy Richard Appreciation Page website.  Eventually I shall.  But every photo, every interview, every document, every single word is a reflection, an echo, of the life, the thoughts, the feeling -- indeed, the spirit -- of that lovely lady.  As such, they are for me a keen and constant reminder that Wendy is no longer with us.  I expect to take up the keyboard again and continue to do my best to celebrate the life and spirit of this remarkable person; there is so much more to say about her.  But just not yet.
   
26 Feb  09  
  • Sad news for all who knew Wendy as friend and colleague.
   
29 Dec  08  
  • A photo from around 1967 added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
  • Mercifully, the press has been leaving Wendy alone as she pursues treatment for her recurrent illness.  The additional print articles noted here are mostly from a couple of months ago.
  • Also note bunches more late-2008 online articles.
  • Add a 1997 publicity photo to that year's room of the Gallery.
  • A few more links to Pauline-oriented video clips on YouTube.
  • Expand the write-up for 1993's game show Shooting Stars.
  • Add a write-up for the game show Celebrity Squares, plus a related photo from 1976.
  • A YouTube link to Wendy's appearance on Wogan in 1986.
   
27 Nov  08  
  • A montage added to the 1972 room of the Gallery for The Fenn Street Gang.
  • Added a montage to the 2008 room of the Gallery for Benidorm.
  • Note many additional print articles.
  • Photo montage from This Is Your Life added to the 1998 room of the Gallery.
  • Add a few images to the Herself wing of the Gallery; one from a 1986 magazine article; another possibly from a late-1960s modeling session.
  • Give the Interview index a badly-needed update.  This page lists the many transcripts from articles and talk shows where Wendy speaking about herself and her work, providing much insight into this complex lady.
   
9 Nov  08  
  • An encouraging update on Wendy's condition on the Current page.
  • More print articles, including a mention of the recent issue of OK! that contains great coverage of her wedding last month.
   
28 Oct  08  
  • Add quite a large number of links to recent online articles that report on Wendy's health, as well as her marriage to long-time partner John Burns.  It's probably worth noting that headlines are, by their nature, lurid and sensational and may not truly summarize the news or event (surprise!).  Although the majority of recent articles tend to mention Wendy as 'dying', the lady herself -- though understanding her medical condition is indeed very serious -- does not share such a pessimistic assessment.  See this one particular article, which states succinctly Wendy's own view about how the media is portraying her illness.
  • Various print articles, old and new, noted.
   
10 Oct  08  
  •  Current page updated with a link to a Mail Online article from today.
   
5 Oct  08  
  • Some dismaying news:  Wendy's health problems have evidently taken a serious turn for the worst.  Various media in the UK are reporting on it.  Here is the BBC's article.  Other reports are linked from the Current page.
   
7 Sep  08  
  • A write-up added for Wendy's appearance on Dog Rescue in early 2008.
  • Various articles about the lady, mostly within last year or so.
  • Added a montage to the 1971 room of the Gallery for Please Sir!
  • An image from Blankety-Blank added to the 1981 room of the Gallery.
  • Also, image added from the Post Office advertisement, to the 2007 room.
  • Finally, image from Grace and Favour added to 1990s wing.
   
29 Jul  08  
   
26 Jun  08  
   
19 May  08  
   
25 Apr 08  
   
30 Mar 08  
  • A number of additional print articles about Wendy; some old, some new.  Related photos to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
  • An article from March 1977 added; with transcript, and image.
  • Pointer to an interesting online article, from 2008.
  • Montage of images from her interview for the recent release of Help! on DVD added to the 2007 room of the Gallery.
  • A close look at one of Wendy's more recent (2006) publicity cards.  
  • Add mention to the TV summary section about upcoming new shows.
  • A rarely-seen image of Wendy from her early series The Newcomers circa 1965, added to the 1960s wing of the Gallery.
   
28 Feb 08  
   
24 Nov 07  
   
31 Oct 07  
   
09 Sep 07  
   
26 Aug 07  
   
7 May 07  
   
10 Apr 07  
  • Note an announcement of Wendy's imminent return to light comedy.
  • Sadly, Wendy's friend and colleague John Inman passed away in March.  Document a number of online articles about his passing that happen to also mention Wendy.  Too, add a few other newly discovered Wendy-related links.
  • At last!  File size being less of an issue these days as in years past, your webmeister has reworked all those wearisome Real Audio snippets into the more common and widely-supported MP3 format.  See both the quote pages and the music page.
  • Fixed a couple of links to the BBC website for EastEnders, on one of the TV pages.
  • More hardcopy articles noted on the Print page.
   
14 Mar 07  
   
3 Mar 07  
  • FLASH! In the UK, the Biography Channel will re-air on 23 March the Gloria Hunniford program entitled Gloria's Greats:  Wendy Richard Check here for details.
  • Add the Gloria's Greats show to the TV listing pages.
  • Numerous more hardcopy articles noted on the Print page, with some related photos added to the top of the Herself wing of the Gallery.
  • Expanded data on her panto work in 1983, including rare images added to the 1983 room of the Gallery.
  • Photo added to 2006 room of the Gallery.
  • Update the EastEnders write-up.
   
29 Jan 07  
  • Wendy did a delightful interview on Irish television the middle of this month.
  • Note the BBC's offering of additional Wendy/Pauline wallpaper images on the Art page of the Gallery, as well as clean up the links to earlier BBC wallpapers (some of which have simply disappeared over time).
  • Add an image to the 2006 room of the Gallery of Pauline Fowler's last scene in EastEnders.
  • Numerous hardcopy articles, new and old, added to the Print page.
  • Tweak the EastEnders write-up to note Wendy's departure.
  • Note a handful of additional web-article links at the Online Articles page from over the last few months.
  • Add a minimum of background info for series Pardon the Expression, which Wendy apparently worked on back in the mid-Sixties.
  • The World Wide Web being what it is, links come and go with hardly a notice.  Have made a pass through the site and corrected or removed various broken external links.  This will be an ongoing activity.
   
23 Dec 06  
  • FLASH! In the UK, the Biography Channel will air a program hosted by Gloria Hunniford on the evening of Tuesday, 26 Dec 06, entitled Gloria's Greats:  Wendy Richard, dedicated to our favorite English actress.  Check here for details, and if you're in the UK (alas, your webmeister is not....), be sure to tune in!
  • Note a rather nice article in Hello! from mid-2006, on the Print page, as well as a number of other recent print articles.
  • Link to an excellent and thorough online article from Mirror.co.uk, Feb '06, added to the Online interviews page.
  • Another good article from 1997 notedTranscript added, and photo caption corrected to note the source.
  • Note many online articles from July of 2006, originating from various sources:  BBC, the Daily Mail, the Sunday Mirror, Mirror.co.uk, and the Times Online.
  • Similarly, note another flurry of online articles, from mostly the same sources, in August of 2006.
  • And note a couple of much earlier online articles (here and here) from the Daily Mail, September of 2002.
  • Add mention of an activity that Wendy has done for the Dogs for the Disabled organization, and note the sale of a calendar that shall benefit a BBC charity appeal.
  • Updated the Intro page.
   
16 Nov 06  
   
7 Oct 06  
   
30 Aug 06  
   
7 Aug 06  
  • British gameshow host Nicholas Parson sizes up Wendy.
  • A look at an article from The People newspaper, June, 2006.
  • Back-WRAP:  Correction to the write-up about a July, 1989 "interview".
  • Addition of a montage of much-improved images from Dad's Army: My British Buddy added to the 1973 room of the Gallery.
  • Tweaks, and image added, to the Music page, based on info from The Illustrated History of Pop; book added to the bibliography.
  • Yet another blast from the past: a rather interesting publicity image of Wendy from late-1966 added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
   
13 Jul 06  
   
11 Jul 06  
   
26 Jun 06  
   
22 May 06  
   
28 Apr  06  
  • As counter to the persistent criticism about "grumpy, gloomy Pauline", a montage of images from EastEnders illustrating the softer, happier side of Wendy's screen-personality, added to the Art wing of the Gallery as a wallpaper.
  • Captions updated or corrected for a number of photos in the Herself wing of the gallery, based on conversation with Wendy.
  • An interview from 1988 noted on the Articles page (transcript included) with an excellent photo added to the Herself  wing of the Gallery.
  • An EastEnders-related photo and comment added to the 2001 room of the Gallery.
  • An improved montage from the episode The King Was In His Counting House from the series Dad's Army added to the 1970s wing of the Gallery.
  • Note an article from 1962 and include the photo in the 1960s wing of the Gallery.
  • Another print article (The Guardian, 2006) added to Articles page.
  • Add brief entries for her Star Turn and Seaside Special appearances in 1976 (no specifics).
  • Some global changes to the site's appearance to improve readability and navigation; cascading style sheets introduced to make the site's formatting more consistent.
  • A couple of comments about Wendy and Hugh and I and AYBS? noted from David Croft's engrossing autobiography.
   
2 Apr 06  
   
19 Feb  06  
   
6 Feb  06  
   
6 Jan 06  
   
12 Dec 05  
   
20 Nov 05  
   
2 Oct 05  
   
17 Sep 05  
   
19 Aug 05  
  • Some sad news on the Current page.
   
Earlier entries (back to 1997) are now kept on the What's New Archive page.

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