Dame Sheila Hancock slams trend for public emotion
Dame Sheila Hancock has questioned why it has become a "badge of honour" to "cry". The 89-year-old actress has criticised the was society has shifted so that being visibly "emotional" has become "obligatory", contrasting it with the "stiff upper lip" ethos that typified her own younger years. She said: "How has being emotional become obligatory? Since when was it a badge of honour to cry? When I was young, being brave meant hiding your tears. "Through bombing, separation, threat of invasion, hunger and death, the ethos of the 'stiff upper lip' and 'grin and bear it' prevailed. "I only saw my m...