One night last week, I celebrated my birthday at the Volks Tavern, a small club on the colonnade at Madeira Drive, near Brighton Pier. It is named after the light railway that runs nearby, and is one of the most laidback, intimate venues in the city. One of my oldest friends, Stephen Silverwood, founded Refugee [...]
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Refugee Radio
Posted in Brighton, Music, tagged Bakk Lamp Fall, Brighton, Refugee Radio, The Cornerstones, Volks Club on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Brontesaurus
Posted in Books, tagged Bronte, Youtube on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
‘The Mmm Girl’ in Boston
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, The Mmm Girl, tagged Boston, Elizabeth Grammaticas, Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“My copy has paint on it – which is the semi-official way of saying that it is love. I keep it in my studio…” Elizabeth Grammaticas
Moon in the Gutter
Posted in Books, Film, Interviews, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Profumo Affair, The Mmm Girl, Websites, Wicked Baby, Writing, tagged Donna Tartt, Emily Bronte, Frida Kahlo, Jeremy Richey, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Moon in the Gutter, Tara Hanks on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Jeremy Richey has interviewed me about my influences – books, films, movies and more – over at his wonderful ‘Moon in the Gutter’ blog. Well worth checking out for Jeremy’s insightful reviews, ten of which are published in a new book, Directory of World Cinema: American Independent.
Jubilee
Posted in Books, Fiction on June 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Eliza Graham is the author of Playing With the Moon (2007) and Restitution (2008.) Her third novel, Jubilee (2010), is set in the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, where she lives.
Everlasting Star
Posted in Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Websites, tagged Everlasting Star, Marilyn Monroe on June 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
June 1st marks what would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 84th birthday. With this in mind, I’m launching a second blog today. ES Updates is part of the Everlasting Star community, which I first discovered back in 2004.
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