I think to an extent it is a British thing, but possibly a redhead thing even more. As for me, I've had a thing for redheads ever since I met a girl in the neighborhood named Sydney when I was quite a young lad. As for Shirley Manson, she is 50 now. Plus, I agree the pink hair doesn't flatter her at all. She has spoken somewhere about how she feels about aging, but I don't know where to find that now.