Not the comfy chair! Household names are now part of the furniture

THERE she was in an ad for a chair.

Honor Blackman. Honor Blackman, sex symbol. Honor Blackman who could outrun, outfight and out-seduce whichever of the James Bonds she co-starred with. Honor Blackman who could move between rooftops with a single bound.

She still looks pretty good. But the chair, my god, the chair. No ordinary chair, this one. Nope. This is one of those chairs you sit in and then pull a lever which brings a padded platform up under your legs, so you recline without effort. And that’s not the worst of it.