Celebration is Madonna’s third greatest hits package, spanning her thirty–year career. She has also released collections of remixes and ballads, as well as eleven studio albums and several film soundtracks. A two-disc compilation, showcasing such a prolific artist, seems almost minimal. It is accompanied by a double DVD featuring nearly fifty videos. The cover, by [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Celebrating Madonna
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Madonna, Music, tagged Celebration, It's So Cool, Madonna, Mr Brainwash, Revolver on September 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Around the World with ‘The Mmm Girl’
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A few sightings of The Mmm Girl across the globe. Contact me if you’d like to be added to the gallery!
Marilyn’s Secret
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, tagged Biography, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Marilyn Monroe on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
J. Randy Taraborrelli is the leading celebrity biographer of our time. His subjects include contemporary stars like Michael Jackson and Madonna, and he has produced a string of bestsellers. Taraborrelli’s style is best described as gossip journalism – tabloid-style, perhaps, but widely read. Having published books on Frank Sinatra and the Kennedys, it was perhaps [...]
HerStoria
Posted in Brighton, History, Magazines, Witchcraft, tagged Brighton, HerStoria, Regency, Witchcraft on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
HerStoria is a new quarterly magazine, launched in Liverpool this February. Its byline is ‘history that puts women in their place’. Women’s role in history has sometimes been overlooked, though the same could also be said for other groups such as the working class and non-whites. Focussing on their stories helps us to understand the [...]
Trades Of The Flesh
Posted in Books, Fiction, History, tagged Faye L. Booth, Historical Fiction, Trades Of The Flesh, Victoriana on September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Trades Of The Flesh is Faye L. Booth’s second novel – her first, Cover The Mirrors, was published in 2007. Both books are set in late 19th century Preston, and feature young, working-class women thriving in unconventional ways. Cover The Mirrors’ Molly Pinner worked as a medium, and Trades’ Lydia Ketch is a prostitute. Booth [...]
