Clodagh Finn: An ode to Hyacinth Bucket and the radiant art of growing old

In the real world, older people lead full and enriching lives but that hasn’t quite translated into fiction yet

Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift starred in ‘Keeping Up Appearances.’ 

Hyacinth Bucket, t he poster girl for women with notions, has left us.

That’s pronounced Bouquet, dear. I can just hear “the lady of the house” saying that now as she answers the telephone in Keeping Up Appearances, the 1990s comedic gold that struck a chord internationally because social aspirations (let’s be kind) apply everywhere.