Joanna Lumley

In an increasingly desperate political UK climate, one figure emerges as a shining light. Yesterday on the 'One' show on BBC1 Rory Bremner declared that we are we are in the middle of a political 'character crunch' with a dearth of political characters worth imitating or lampooning. Increasingly government ministers are exposing themselves as being devoid of wisdom. Jaqui Smith has announced a list of 'undesirables' that will not be welcomed into the UK including not only gangland killers... Read Full Story

Actress Joanna Lumley's best-known role used to be as a boozy fashionista in hit comedy "Absolutely Fabulous", but now she is dominating TV screens as a formidable campaigner for Gurkha soldiers. Lumley -- leading a campaign for all Nepalese fighters in the army to be allowed to settle in the UK permanently -- has become a national treasure with her well-spoken but devastating critiques of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's unpopular government. "Joanna Lumley for Prime Minister" was the headline... Read Full Story

British actress Joanna Lumley's best-known role used to be as a boozy fashionista in hit comedy "Absolutely Fabulous", but now she is dominating TV screens as a formidable campaigner for Gurkha soldiers. Lumley -- leading a campaign for all Nepalese fighters in Britain's army to be allowed to settle here permanently -- has become a national treasure with her well-spoken but devastating critiques of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's unpopular government. "Joanna Lumley for Prime Minister" was the... Read Full Story

British actress Joanna Lumley's best-known role used to be as a boozy fashionista in hit comedy "Absolutely Fabulous", but now she is dominating TV screens as a formidable campaigner for Gurkha soldiers. Lumley -- leading a campaign for all Nepalese fighters in Britain's army to be allowed to settle here permanently -- has become a national treasure with her well-spoken but devastating critiques of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's unpopular government. "Joanna Lumley for Prime Minister" was the... Read Full Story

Please Prime Minister: Gurkha champion Joanna Lumley said she had to use the ‘Lumley self-pleading offensive’ on Gordon Brown From The Daily Mail: Joanna Lumley has revealed for the first time how she had to ‘beg’ Gordon Brown to allow the Gurkhas to stay in the country they risked their lives for. Despite previously claiming that the Prime Minister was ‘wholly supportive’, she has told how she resorted to a personal offensive to claim victory for the Nepalese soldiers. Comments to... Read Full Story

Here's the conclusion to an ongoing entertainment related story. British actress Joanna Lumley - a Brit sex symbol during the 70, but best known as Jennifer Saunder sidekick - washed up boozed out model Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous , has taken on the cause of the British Gurkhas. The Gurkhas are foreign members of the British Military. So years they were denied the right to settle in Britain unless they were an officer (and their officers were usually Brits anyway) or had served 20... Read Full Story

Sun conjunct Pluto. A light shines on That, Which,  is truly dead. The wind is in the willows. She is a strangelet, not a tourist if She can help it. A Thing. Time and space pass through Her. She is to have no say or impact on It. If She does, something bad will happen. She is a hostage. She is depressed. She cannot learn. She has no excuse. She feels extreme guilt. She had decided She was going to try to stop saying sorry. Had She gone past Z?  Å. When She came upon a person who seemed to... Read Full Story

It's her hilarious character in Ab Fab that normally springs to mind when I think about Joanna Lumley. But that's forgetting all the amazing community work she's done outside of acting. It's particularly moving to see her fighting for her latest, deeply personal, cause - supporting the right of the Gurkha soldiers who served with her father to stay in Britain. Joanna's a celeb who inspires me to go out there and battle for what I believe in. She's one of Britain's most beloved stars, but it... Read Full Story

Following the success of her high profile Gurkha Justice Campaign, Joanna Lumley went to Nepal in August for the first time. She visited villages set in the Annapurna trekking region of astonishing mountains and valleys, and received a rapturous welcome. Joanna Arrives in Nepal Joanna Lumley had originally planned a “quiet, private visit” to Nepal, but following her campaign for Gurkha veterans? rights in Britain, she has become a hero in Nepal. She was met at Kathmandu airport by more... Read Full Story

Gurkha veteran, 84, trekked six hours, then took a 12-hour bus ride to meet 'goddess' Joanna Lumley By From Richard Shears In Kathmandu Last updated at 5:42 PM on 27th July 2009 Add to My Stories Leaning heavily on his carved walking stick and pausing at times on the  mountain track to catch his breath, the old Gurkha hero struggled on towards his goal - to hug his adopted 'goddess', Joanna Lumley. And when the 84-year-old warrior of the Burma jungles... Read Full Story