As the 'Duchess of Canvey' releases a greatest hits album, her creator relives an extraordinary journey from Southend to the West End via schoolteaching and Ibiza superclubs 'Diane is based around the strong women I knew when I was growing up," says David Selley, reminiscing about his childhood in Southend-on-Sea. "You'd go to a pub and there'd be a woman at the bar smoking, with all these men hanging off every word.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PM on September 20, 2020