Divine, Sisters and a Shark

Drag queen "Coleslaw" models a Divine mini-dress

Another snippets post today, dear reader:

• Auction news: Among a selection of lots featuring homoerotic art, photos, and historic porn for sale last week at the After Dark: Gay Art and Culture online auction, a selection of frocks worn by Divine went for a measly $1800. If I had known they were going to be that cheap, I might have bid..!
• Scissor Sisters news:

Scissor Sisters News - Dec 20th 2024 (ft Billy Eichner, Girls Aloud, Dita Von Teese & Amanda Lepore)

• Aristocratic autograph-hunting news: More than 220 letters collected by Baron Edmond de Rothschild - including Queen Elizabeth I, Admiral Lord Nelson, Lord Byron, Benjamin Franklin, Victor Hugo, Peter Paul Rubens and Madame de Pompadour - have just been discovered at Waddesdon Manor, the former Rothschild home, now owned by the National Trust.
• Bureaucracy madness news. With added shark: A man whose late father's house has a 25-foot model of a shark sticking out of its roof is battling a move to revoke his right to advertise it as an Airbnb after a neighbour complained. Imagine staying there?
• And finally: Wham!'s Last Christmas may be the UK's Xmas Number 1 again - having only hit the top slot for the first time last year, 39 years after it was first released - but there are so many other festive songs out there that don't get a look-in, like this one! Postmodern Jukebox made a brilliant choice, in my opinion:

Postmodern Jukebox ft. Sunny Holiday - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

And the weather? "I'm dreaming of a damp, grey, drizzly Christmas, just like the ones we always know."