Everyone knows that the “Shaken not Stirred” line is one of the archetype James Bond 007 lines much loved by everyone. On a personal note, I feel that the two latest James Bond movies with Daniel Craig have completely missed the point and have become “Hollywood Action Movies” and lack the laconic humour which typify a great Bond movie. But I digress! The actor who played the original James Bond from Dr No and From Russia with Love onwards is of course, Sean Connery. Although a great Bond, Connery did suffer from hair loss from a very early age and it is alleged that he wore hair pieces in all of the Bond movies from the very beginning. A few… read more

As you know this blog is purely concerned about hair loss, so why am I going to talk about Agatha Christie, who to the best of my knowledge had a reasonable head of hair. I was watching the Hercule Poirot Christmas Mystery, starring the brilliantly cast David Suchet (whose brother incidentally is the newscaster John Suchet). The utterly immaculate and faultless Belgian detective with his usual charm and surgeon-like precision solved yet another unsolvable case, showing his absolutely superiority and expertise in reading and understanding the human psyche. Put simply David Suchet is brilliant at the part….brilliant and bald! Probably like so many others watching this program, I am so utterly captivated by Mr Suchet’s performance and the way he… read more