Welcome Back, Miss Lombard!

We appreciative types at Mishmash Bookshop thought she had retired, but I am very pleased to report that the charming British actress Louise Lombard is in the current series of CSI, the one set in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas CSI is by far the best, with it's zen-consciousness forensic investigator Gil Grissom [obviously named after the astronaut] who is nobbing his assistant, played by Jorja Fox [a made-for-TV name I suspect]. Gritty realism throughout, and in the usual Jerry Bruckheimer style, everyone is gorgeous.

Unfortunately, the producers have not allowed Miss Lombard to use her icy-posh english accent [or perhaps it's on permanent loan to Kirsten Scott Thomas]; the same one she used in her role as the petulant Evie in The House Of Eliott fifteen years ago. Saturday night historical drama has never been the same since; not even with Alex Kingston.

Andrew Mishmash