After fifteen years, Fiona found inspiration once again from her daughter, Maia. This time, she set out to create NORA, a range of ethically produced, eco-friendly period products made in the UK. With the same commitment to protecting health and reducing waste, NORA aims to provide sustainable solutions for menstrual hygiene. She loves the role. “She was a woman of today.” Bloom was given a freedom on set by Richardson she’d never experienced before. “I’d say: What do you think I should do?’ He’d say: ‘What do you think you should do? Do what you like.’” Today, she is elegantly dressed and proves witty, friendly company; she is, generally, prepared to put up with the odd impertinent question. Only occasionally – say when asked about whether she and Burton were an item on the set of Alexander the Great – does she snap incontrovertibly: “Let’s not talk about that.” But moments later gives me the gossip anyway. Terror! Vice! Violence!” howls the poster for Claire Bloom’s 1953 film The Man Between, co-starring James Mason as Ivo Kern, shadowy smuggler of secrets and people in postwar Berlin. In the poster, he is putting the moves on Bloom, whom the artist has depicted reclining in rumpled sheets, hair down, thighs bared. Pad fabric composition: Surface - Stay dry polyamide interior; Core - Polyester microfiber; Soft waterproof exterior made from recycled plastic bottle waste. All Oeko-Tex 100 certified too, meaning there are absolutely no irritating chemicals next to your sensitive bits.

Chemical-free: Reusable products typically do not contain chemicals found in disposable options, reducing exposure to potentially harmful substances. Writing in 1996, Bloom said she wore Roth’s ring “to this day”. But I notice she is not wearing it today. “A friend of mine said: ‘As long as you wear that ring you’ll never be free,’ so I sold it – immediately,” she says, before adding with a smile: “For very little.” Nora Liner - Tiny but tremendous this dainty panty liner is so versatile. Perfect for using along with a cup, for those last days, just incase days or gym days. Length 16cm (approx.) We're serious about sustainability and that's why we choose to make our reusable pads here in the UK. We foster a community who believes in uniqueness and individuality regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, or sexuality.She was Susanne Mallison, a naive young Englishwoman who poses as a prostitute to avoid capture by Soviet thugs. “I loved that scene,” she laughs. “It was a great relief from being the nice, nice girl.” Nora Maxi – Designed perfectly for heavy flow days. Also great for over-night. Length 29cm (approx.), holds up to 125ml. Perfect reusable sanitary pads for those who prefer natural fabrics next to skin. The unique stay dry binding and top layer made of high tech fabric on the Nora range of reusable period pads is the perfect barrier against leaks and keeps wetness away as everything is absorbed into the absorbent bamboo core. Soft waterproof exterior made from recycled plastic bottle waste. All Oeko-Tex 100 certified. Washing Nora Pads In 1952, she got her cinematic break. Chaplin had been searching for someone with “beauty, talent and a great emotional range” to play a suicidal ballerina suffering from hysterical paralysis who is rescued from the brink by, you’ve guessed it, his once-famous stage clown. He found those qualities in Bloom and the resulting film, Limelight, gave her an international profile. Just like disposable sanitary products Nora reusable period pads come in a range of absorbency's to match your flow.

Environmental sustainability: They significantly reduce waste compared to disposable options, helping to protect the environment. Here at Freedom to explore we love products that make being outside easier and convenient - making the outdoors accessible for everyone. Another significant performance has been her narration of Leonard Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony No 3, in a performance conducted by his protégée Marin Alsop in 2013. It’s intriguing both as an exploration of Bloom’s Jewish heritage and as a near-sacrilegious work in which Bernstein writes verse raging against the Almighty for His feebleness at ending human suffering. “I was told by a composer friend that the kaddish is ‘Bernstein fights with God. Bernstein wins,” laughs Bloom.

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In 1964, Burton and Bloom appeared together in the film adaptation of John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. By then, Burton was married to Elizabeth Taylor and Bloom to Steiger, with whom she would have a daughter, Anna, now a renowned opera singer. Bloom relates how Burton told her that to wake and find Taylor on his pillow was like having Christmas every morning, “a sentiment”, wrote Bloom hilariously, “that raised in me urges akin to murder”.