Television Girl

"Umptean-year-old Sonya Feinn usually wears black clothes, thick eyeliner, and dark lipstick. She listens to Sisters of Mercy and Nine Inch Nails. She is accustomed to people glaring at her Gothic-inspired outfits, so she wasn't surprised when journalists described a Marshfield teen accused of plotting a school shooting as a Goth."

"IT IS a tribute to Pempe Aitken's ability to inspire affection that during her last illness her children had to post a notice discouraging visitors to her flat from coming too often and staying too long. Although she died at the age of 94, and had outlived almost all her contemporaries, her circle of friends had been constantly refreshed and remained devoted. She was lively, curious, beautiful and affectionate to the last."

Title image courtesy of Steve Webb