Helen Fielding is the creator of Bridget Jones, a fictional 30-something, single woman whose entertaining attempts at making sense of life and love made her a cultural icon. "In the 1990s, if you were a single girl in your 30s there was still this idea that you were going to end up dying alone and being found three weeks later, half eaten by an Alsatian." Bridget first appeared 30 years ago with her big knickers and inedible blue soup in an anonymous, fictional newspaper column. The column went

"Norma Shearer and her husband, Marti Arrouge, are photographed attending the Helen Hayes-led play What Every Woman Knows at the Huntington Hartford Theatre in Los Angeles, circa 1954. The evening marked a refined outing for the legendary actress, known for her Oscar-winning performances in the 1930s, and her second husband, a former ski instructor turned devoted partner. Set against the glamour of mid-century Hollywood, their appearance at the celebrated venue highlighted Shearer’s enduring pre

"Norma Shearer and her husband, Marti Arrouge, are photographed attending the Helen Hayes-led play What Every Woman Knows at the Huntington Hartford Theatre in Los Angeles, circa 1954. The evening marked a refined outing for the legendary actress, known for her Oscar-winning performances in the 1930s, and her second husband, a former ski instructor turned devoted partner." | History Through Time