I was surprised – and flattered – to find my 2004 novella, Wicked Baby, listed in the bibliography to this book which accompanied the 2010 exhibition at London’s Mayor Gallery, Christine Keeler: My Life in Pictures. The catalogue includes photographs of Keeler – the iconic model at the centre of 1963′s Profumo Affair – and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Profumo Affair’
‘Wicked Baby’: A Tale Retold
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Profumo Affair, Updates, tagged Christine Keeler, James Birch, Mayor Gallery, Profumo Affair, Tara Hanks, Wicked Baby on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
‘Keeler’ at Theatre Royal, Brighton
Posted in History, Profumo Affair, Theatre, tagged Brighton Theatre Royal, Christine Keeler, Gill Adams, John Profumo, Justine Michelle Cain, Keeler, Mandy Rice-Davies, Paul Nicholas, Profumo Affair, Stephen Ward, Wicked Baby on November 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Keeler is a touring play about 1963’s Profumo Affair, when a young model and showgirl, Christine Keeler, was revealed to have been involved with both Britain’s Minister for War, John Profumo, and a Russian naval attaché, Eugene Ivanov.
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, [...]
