{"id":1429,"date":"2023-05-24T15:15:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2023-05-24T15:15:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:15:29","slug":"the-carry-on-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/?p=1429","title":{"rendered":"The Carry On Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Celebrating the women who shaped British Comedy <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether it is the seaside postcard bubbly blondes of Barbara Windsor, or the hysterically historical leading ladies of Joan Sims; the coquettish authoritarians of Hattie Jacques, or the statuesque confidence of Valerie Leon; the Carry On Girls are stoic, sexy, and fiercely independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this lavish celebration of a pioneering generation of comedy actresses who continue to radiate charm and contemporary relevance, a few home truths are revealed, some myths are debunked, but above all some of the best-loved icons of British entertainment are given fitting affection and respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written by Gemma and Robert Ross this is their first book collaboration together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are grateful to Valerie Leon for writing the wonderful forward for the book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book is now available to order from all good book shops and will be released on 23rd November 2023. Please subscribe the newsletter to keep up-to-date with all our latest news about the book. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating the women who shaped British Comedy Whether it is the seaside postcard bubbly blondes of Barbara Windsor, or the hysterically historical leading ladies of Joan Sims; the coquettish authoritarians of Hattie Jacques, or the statuesque confidence of Valerie Leon; the Carry On Girls are stoic, sexy, and fiercely independent. In this lavish celebration of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/?p=1429\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Carry On Girls<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[64,13,65,66,67,16,63],"class_list":["post-1429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-book","tag-carry-on","tag-films","tag-new-book","tag-order-now","tag-robert-ross","tag-valerie-leon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1431,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions\/1431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}