The Duke of York’s Picture House at Preston Circus, Brighton, is the oldest independent cinema in England and celebrates its centenary this month. Like many local residents, I can ring the changes in my own life by recalling my frequent visits to the Duke’s over the last 16 years. (For more on Brighton’s cinematic past, [...]
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Posted in Brighton, Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Duke of York's Brighton, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hawks, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe on March 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Brighton History Centre
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Brighton, Film, History, Updates, tagged Brighton, Brighton and Hove City Council, Brighton History Centre, Hove on December 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Brighton and Hove City Council has put forward proposals to shut Brighton History Centre as part of a bid to save almost £8 million from its overall budget in the next year. But its users claim the closure, which will save the council £62,000, will be a devastating blow. Brighton Evening Argus, December 15th 2009
Back Row Brighton
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Brighton, Film, History, Non-Fiction, tagged Back Row Brighton, Brighton, Queenspark Books on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back Row Brighton: Cinema-Going in Brighton and Hove is the latest offering from Queenspark Books, a community publisher since 1974. Specialising in the reminiscences of local people, and writing and editing with volunteers, Queenspark has created a unique, alternate history of Brighton. It also provides a focus for aspiring writers with a number of ongoing [...]
Marilyn Spotting
Posted in Art and Photography, Brighton, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Marilyn Monroe on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scott Fortner has added pictures of Marilyn sightings from around the world to his Marilyn Monroe Collection. Some photos taken while out and about in Brighton are included there, while above are some more photos from inside my home.
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 [...]
‘Writers’ Hub’ On Radio Reverb
Posted in Books, Brighton, The Mmm Girl, Updates, Writing, tagged Amy Riley, Brighton, Radio Reverb, Tara Hanks, Writing on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Radio Reverb is Brighton’s alternative, a community radio station where people can express themselves, open up dialogues and set their own agendas about what’s important, interesting, funny, cool or arty in the city. Today marked the launch of Writers’ Hub, a new hour-long literary programme devised, produced and presented by Amy Lynn Riley. The first [...]
ABCtales Live In Brighton
Posted in Books, Brighton, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged ABCtales, Brighton, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
About ten years ago, I regularly read poems and short stories at the Caxton Arms in Brighton. Then when I started writing novels, the urge to perform dwindled. Just a few months after moving back to Brighton, I was asked to read at the ABCtales Evening at St Michael And All Angels’ church on July [...]
ABCtales Evening in Brighton
Posted in Books, Brighton, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged ABCtales, Brighton, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An evening of live literature featuring writers from www.abctales.com The next ABCtales evening will be held at St Michaels Hall, Victoria Road, Brighton on Saturday July 5th – starting at 8 p.m. Admission £3 (£2 concessions). Tara Hanks, a long time ABCtales member, will be reading from her latest book, The Mmm Girl – the [...]
‘The Mmm Girl’ featured in Kemptown Rag
Posted in Books, Brighton, Fiction, Interviews, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Brighton, Kemptown Rag, Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“A captivating, gripping piece of literature…The Mmm Girl will have you hooked from the first chapter…jam-packed with emotion…Marilyn’s life was short but this book will stay with you for much longer…” – Kemptown Rag An article about The Mmm Girl appears in the latest issue of Kemptown Rag, a lifestyle magazine distributed in Brighton. [...]
Salt And Vinegar
Posted in Books, Brighton, tagged Brighton, Life Writing on March 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the mid-1990s I attended a writers’ workshop at Brighton Unemployed Centre. Each Thursday morning, a group of about ten would meet in a basement room. Just outside was a washing machine and dryer, and above us a dance class was usually in progress.
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