They were colourful figures, and clearly enjoyed the good life, growing vegetables, and keeping bees and hens.
With their strongly melodramatic storylines, clearly dividing a cast of colourful characters into good and evil, the novels make ideal material for adaptation to the the format of the soap opera.
One of these, Cendrillon, was recorded by Opera Rara in 2000; her songs - colourful, lyrical numbers clearly influenced by the composers who hovered around her - are slowly being picked up by singers including Anna Caterina Antonacci and Frederica von Stade, who bring a selection to the Wigmore Hall next week.
The paintings he created soon after leaving Lastman still have a waxworks quality, with evenly lit, colourful figures acting in a clearly organized space.
The WRP was headed by the notorious Mr Toad lookalike Gerry Healy – "No, really, he was around the house all the time!" laughs Beckinsale, clearly delighted that I have uncovered this colourful back room of her life.
Theo saw clearly that they did not sell, and suggested colourful landscapes instead.
There are two colourful drawings by his children, who clearly overhear much that is said at the Stevens dinner table.
But the colourful, pop aesthetic of his films is clearly made-for-TV material.
Clearly, the PCC decided that Burchill's column, despite her colourful choice of language, could not be deemed to be prejudicial.
Despite the obvious challenges, Desire is an extremely resourceful and business-savvy young man, and a neat row of colourful ties strung across the wall behind him clearly display his organised nature.
Sitting in SomosGay's colourful offices in the capital of Asunción, Cazal is clearly riding a wave of optimism that things in Paraguay are finally beginning to change.
