She worked on the 22nd Bond adventure Quantum of Solace and reprised her role as M. She is interested in horse racing and in partnership with her chauffeur Bryan Agar owns a four-year-old horse, " Smokey Oakey ", who won the 2008 Brigadier Gerard Stakes.

Since 1987, the band has essentially been a trio of Oakey and long-serving female vocalists Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley ( who joined the ensemble in 1980 ), with various sidemen.

This was to be the only high profile TV appearance by the Oakey / Marsh / Ware trio on British television, with the sole exception of BBC2's Mainstream programme in late 1979, where a performance in the studio, complete with slideshow etcetera, was broadcast of the tracks " The Path Of Least Resistance " and the current minor hit " Empire State Human ".

Eventually it was agreed that Oakey would continue with The Human League name while Ware and Marsh would form a completely new band, which became Heaven 17.

In an event that is now firmly embedded in popular folklore and regularly repeated by the media, Oakey and his then girlfriend went into Sheffield city centre on a Wednesday night with the intention of recruiting a single female backing vocalist.

The music press was scornful of " Oakey and his dancing girls " and treated the new band line-up with derision.

Later that year, success outside of The Human League came for Oakey in the shape of the huge hit single " Together In Electric Dreams ", a collaboration with one of his idols, synth pioneer Giorgio Moroder.

Oakey and Moroder then recorded an album together for Virgin, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, but this met with rather less success and the following two singles failed to make the UK Top 40.

In reality however, other musicians had input to the record, including producer Ian Stanley, with continued playing and songwriting contributions from Neil Sutton and Russell Dennett ; and Oakey co-writing one track with Jo Callis.

The band was still presented as the Oakey, Sulley and Catherall trio, although Neil Sutton was credited with keyboards, and co-wrote most of the material with Oakey.

In 1984, Moroder worked with Philip Oakey of The Human League to make the album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder ; which was a UK singles chart hit with " Together in Electric Dreams ", title track to the 1984 film Electric Dreams.

* Phil Oakey, singer with The Human League, born in Hinckley

Their departure led to remaining members Phil Oakey and Adrian Wright moving The Human League in a new musical direction with a new line-up.

Virgin Records remastered and re-issued Travelogue on CD in 1988, with an expanded track listing which included the Holiday ' 80 EP, the disco single " I Don't Depend on You " ( originally released under the moniker " The Men "), and the single " Boys and Girls ", which had been produced by Oakey and Wright after the line-up split.

The Australian Defence Force is also present in the local community, with the city providing housing and amenities for many of the personnel based at the Oakey Army Aviation Centre ( in Oakey, NW of Toowoomba ) and Borneo Barracks at Cabarlah to the city's North.

In 1903 the 100, 000th Steinway grand piano was given as a gift to the White House ; it was decorated by the artists Thomas Wilmer Dewing and Maria Oakey Dewing under the supervision of the head of Steinway's Art Piano Department, Joseph Burr Tiffany.

Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware were the founder members of pioneering British electro-pop group The Human League ; Glenn Gregory had been their original choice when seeking a vocalist for the band but he was unavailable at the time, so they chose Philip Oakey instead.

Oakey was working as a hospital porter at the time and was known on the Sheffield social scene for his eclectic style of dress.

" When Ware called on Oakey he found he was out, so asked him to join The Future by leaving a note stuck to his front door.

Listening to one of Ware and Marsh's demos, Oakey was inspired to write some lyrics which later became the single " Being Boiled ".

Oakey was once observed chasing Ware up a Sheffield street, throwing bottles of milk from people's doorsteps at him.

Retaining the Human League name came at a heavy price for Oakey ; he was responsible for all Human League debts and commitments.

With the tour only ten days away and the music media reporting that The Human League was finished now that " the talented people had left ," promoters started threatening to sue Oakey if the tour was not completed as contracted.

Oakey acknowledged that he needed to bring in professional musicians and so Ian Burden was tracked down and invited to join the band as a trial member.

In March, Oakey was introduced to veteran producer Martin Rushent.

His choice was to be " Don't You Want Me ", a track Oakey considered to be a filler and the weakest track on the album.

Oakey fought the decision believing it would damage the band, but was overruled by Draper and " Don't You Want Me " was released in December 1981.

However, the success of the original Oakey and Moroder track encouraged Virgin to release one final single from Hysteria in November, 1984, the ballad " Louise " was released and reached No. 13 in the UK.

On the album cover artwork and in videos, the group was now presented simply as a trio of Oakey / Catherall / Sulley.

" Philip Oakey often plays down claims of " Dare " being such an influential album, but at other times acknowledges its influence on modern music.

Damaged by the failure of the album, their rejection by Virgin, harsh criticism in the media and facing financial ruin, the emotional well-being of Oakey and Sulley deteriorated badly.

Also in 1985, she provided back-up vocals for Human League front-man Philip Oakey's debut solo album, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder.

In 2009, Kid Gloves contributed to Little Boots ' gold-selling debut album, Hands, writing and producing her duet, " Symmetry ", with The Human League's Phil Oakey.

After 4 months in Minneapolis, Oakey pulled the band out of further recording and they returned to Sheffield leaving Jam and Lewis to complete the album using session musicians.

The Job album was re-released on Op: l's record label Lefta Records in Finland, with liner notes written by Philip Oakey ( of The Human League fame ).

When personal and creative tensions within the group reached breaking point in late 1980 Marsh and Ware left the band, ceding the Human League name to Oakey.

The only constant band member since 1977 is vocalist and songwriter Philip Oakey.

Ware then decided to invite an old school friend, Philip Oakey, to join the band.

Ware insisted the band maintain their pure electronic sound while Oakey wanted to emulate more successful pop groups.

In addition to Sulley and Catherall, Oakey employed professional musician Ian Burden from Sheffield synth band Graph as a session keyboard player for the tour to cover for the keyboards of the now departed Ware and Marsh.

Because of the professionalism they had shown and because he planned to use them further vocally, Oakey and manager Bob Last made Sulley and Catherall full members of the band, to be paid on a salary basis.

Bands in the Sheffield scene were also referred to as Futurists, although Oakey himself has said: " We thought we were the punkiest band in Sheffield.

In 1989, the band built their own studio in Sheffield, jointly funded by Oakey and a business development loan from Sheffield City Council.

Oakey believed if the band owned their own facilities it would cut down on the production costs of future albums and the band could become more productive.