Am just a few chapters into Dame M D's The Pure Gold Baby, and what a triumph and a joy it is.
But then you recall, yes, it was only 18 months ago that Dame M hit the headlines for declaring herself a "moron" – for putting down the final signature that permitted her ideological opponent Jeremy Corbyn to launch a leadership bid – all because she thought it would "be good for democracy".
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Dame (DBE) Ms Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE.
Each ad has a different script, but a similar, stern tagline — "Don't come home without it" — something that sounds particularly serious when it's coming from a gravelly grande dame like Ms Turner.
Ralph Fiennes, who plays the new M, said Dame Judi Dench's M "still haunts this movie in a way you'll find out".
Dame Sally said Ms Cafferkey had been in the early phase of the disease when she made the journey to the UK from Sierra Leone, via Casablanca, and her fellow passengers were at "very low risk" of being infected.
The chief medical officer for England, Dame Sally Davies, said Ms Cafferkey had been in the early phase of the disease when she made the journey back to the UK and her fellow passengers were at "very low risk" of being infected.
Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commander prefix "Sir," and Dames Grand Cross and Dames Commander prefix "Dame," to their forenames.
The dialogue has a Kaufman-and-Hart crackle, and the story boasts more lotharios, floozies, mobsters, and wised-up dames than an M-G-M double feature.
Dame Judi's M is a contender, though she faces a formidable threat in the supporting actress category from Anne Hathaway, whose Fantine in Les Mis is one of award season's hottest tips.
As an author, translator, playwright, stage performer, broadcaster and grande dame of Scottish theatre, Ms Lochhead embodies everything a nation would want from its national poet".
