Historically, when it comes to notable Taureans April 21 has been a date with more than its fair share of Born On This Days, among them…
Iggy Pop, of the Stooges
Robert Smith, of the Cure
Mike Barson, of Madness
Patti LuPone, bitchy Broadway star
Alistair MacLean, author of The Guns Of Navarone
Anthony Quinn, star of film of the above and Zorba The Greek
Norman Parkinson, society fashion photographer
Charlotte Brontë, author of Jane Eyre
Angela Burdett-Coutts, of Coutts bank, next door to my Strand birthplace
Jean-Baptiste Biot, physicist gave his name to bucolic Riviera village near Nice
James McAvoy, star of X-Men: First Class, in which I played a CIA agent
Catherine the Great, empress of Russia
Oh, and another female sovereign happens to be celebrating her centenary, wherever she is. Whatever your personal view — and I make no bones that I’m resolutely republican — Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth realms was the longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch in UK history.
Marking QEII at 100, here are a ton of words in a birrova associative lingo-game. A word for every year in fact…
Bold
Cold
Unconscionable
Betty
Awesome
Automaton
Cartoonish
Constitutional
Impenetrable
Tunnel-Vision
Leadership
Richmond
Rolls-Royce
Aloof
Diffident
COVID
Pragmatic
Enduring
Cancer
Kilt
Grandmother
Balmoral
Jig
Commonwealth
Empress
European
Humble
Corgis
Coins
Pound
Stamps
Hairdo
Colourful
Buckingham
Palaces
Formidable
Wealthy
Beatific
Diminutive
Influential
Revolutionary
Fierce
Smart
Sister
Iron
Will
Decisive
Divisive
Crown
State
Privy
Principled
Purse
Tax
Windsor
Fire
Basic
Glamorous
Prudish
Small
Handbag
Horsey
Hard-Working
Audience
Informed
Instinctive
Tough
Important
Dumpy
Frumpy
Remarkable
Regal
Unflinching
Unassuming
Lady
Gentry
Companion
Wife
Widow
Vulnerable
Extraordinary
Energetic
Banquet
Carpet
Flag
Wily
Cautious
Human
Conservative
Consensus
Mother
Cousins
Randy-Andy
Diana
Car
Crash
Philip
1926
1947
2022
Steve Pafford
