I’ve recently set up yet another blog, this time on Tumblr – an informal affair, where I post snippets of the words, pictures and music that inspire me on a daily basis. This morning I was thrilled to discover this rare photograph of Christine Keeler in The Guardian, part of an exhibition dedicated to the iconic [...]
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Rambling Rose
Posted in Profumo Affair, Updates, Websites, Wicked Baby, tagged Christine Keeler, Profumo, Rambling Rose, Tumblr, Wicked Baby on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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.
From Russia With Love
Posted in Books, Brighton, Fiction, Film, Profumo Affair, Wicked Baby, tagged Brighton, Cityreads, From Russia With Love, Ian Fleming, James Bond on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
‘City Reads’ is an annual event in Brighton and Hove, beginning on World Book Day in March and concluding during the Brighton Festival in May. Each year one book is chosen, to be read and discussed by the whole community over three months. Since 2005, a variety of texts from Lewis Carroll’s classic fantasy, Alice [...]
Bad Penny Blues
Posted in Books, Fiction, History, Profumo Affair, Wicked Baby, tagged 1960s, Bad Penny Blues, Cathi Unsworth, Jack the Stripper, Joe Meek, Pauline Boty, Profumo Affair, Wicked Baby on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cathi Unsworth began her career as a music journalist at the age of 19, writing for Sounds, Melody Maker, Bizarre and Mojo. She is now also a crime novelist, having published three books: The Not Knowing (2005), The Singer (2007) and most recently Bad Penny Blues (2009). In 2006, Unsworth edited an anthology of fiction, [...]
Crimes and Immoralities
Posted in Books, History, Non-Fiction, Profumo Affair, Wicked Baby, tagged Christine Keeler, Ludovic Kennedy, Mandy Rice-Davies, Stephen Ward on October 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Sir Ludovic Kennedy was born in Edinburgh in 1919, son of a naval officer. He was educated at Eton, where he played in a jazz band with Humphrey Lyttleton. After serving in World War II, Kennedy studied at Oxford, and later took up journalism and broadcasting. He married the dancer Moira Shearer in 1950, and [...]
January Magazine
Posted in Books, Interviews, The Mmm Girl, Updates, Wicked Baby, tagged January Magazine, Linda L. Richards, Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
January Magazine was established in 1997 by Linda L. Richards, author of mystery novels including Death Was The Other Woman, and has become one of the most respected literary journals online. A sister publication, The Rap Sheet, is devoted to crime fiction. Authors such as Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie have all been interviewed at [...]
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