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The Pendle Witch Child

Posted in History, Television, Witchcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Simon Armitage – one of Britain’s leading poets – was born in West Yorkshire. Like many local children, he would have been raised on stories of the Pendle Witches in nearby Lancashire. A grimly intoxicating blend of history, crime and folklore is richly evoked in Armitage’s new BBC Four documentary, The Pendle Witch Child. Next [...]

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‘Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?’

Posted in Books, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Television, tagged , , , , , , on February 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »

‘Are you a Jackie or a Marilyn?’ is the question posed in ‘Maidenform’, Season 2, Episode 6 of AMC’s Mad Men. First broadcast in 2008, and set in 1961, the storyline concerns on a proposed advertising campaign for Playtex brassieres. On a drunken night out, the ad-men divide the female characters into two categories: ‘Jackies’ [...]

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Power of Madonna

Posted in Madonna, Music, Television, tagged , , on May 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

‘Power of Madonna’ is the 15th episode in the Fox TV series, Glee, featuring a show choir or ‘glee club’ in a fictional Ohio high school. The choir tends to attract the quirkier, less popular students, encouraged by their Spanish teacher, Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), and their rivals, a cheerleading team led by Will’s arch [...]

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