In the books, she's married to a wealthy fur dealer.

Canonically, Cruella DeVille is married to a wealthy furrier.

Good to see some love for early Last of The Summer Wine! People forget that the first few series (certainly the Micheal Bates ones) were darkly funny, and had more a kind of 'Galton and Simpson locked in a shed with Alan Bennet' vibe than the cosy whimsy of later years (not that 'dark' is always good, and whimsy - or…

Yet I still can't drink in pubs.

My shop (I think, we have woodwork and metalwork over here which I'm guessing are equivalent?) teacher was also missing a finger. My younger brother was taught metalwork by a man possessed of all his fingers, but the surname 'Spanner'. An apt name, both to due his choice of trade and the fact that he was a fucking…

In the context of the article I read the 'shamelessly' as ascribing a tactical motive to those actions, rather than a sexual one. Could well be wrong, but that was my reading.