09 Sunday Mar 2008
Posted in Books, Fiction, History, Witchcraft
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I studied Elizabeth Gaskell’s North And South for my English Literature A Level, without much enthusiasm. Nearly 20 years later, I’ve taken a look at Mrs Gaskell’s other work. She also wrote a number of short stories in the gothic genre, seemingly a world away from her more familiar social realism. Continue reading
02 Sunday Mar 2008
Later this month, Madonna will be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. Her first reaction was one of ambivalence – wondering if she was now a ‘musical dinosaur’. She then began to reflect on her remarkable career. ‘It’s 25 years of writing, producing and recording,’ she says. ‘That’s a long time to do a job well, I might add. So, yeah – it’s a great sense of accomplishment.’ Continue reading
24 Sunday Feb 2008
Posted in Books, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates
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Marilyn by Eve Arnold, 1955
“A brilliant, believable read…a weird and wonderful look into Marilyn Monroe’s life, from her childhood in foster homes and orphanages to her many marriages and relationships and her eventual death…though her fame certainly adds something, this would have been a really interesting read even if she wasn’t a well known name…inspiring and entertaining…a proper, engaging story that is a really fun and educational read. I learnt a lot, not just of the actress’s love for pills and booze but also about the politics of the day, but at the same time it didn’t seem at all like a history lesson.”
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23 Saturday Feb 2008
Elvis Presley is the grandaddy of all pop icons. His image is everywhere – no entertainer besides Marilyn Monroe has been so endlessly marketed and impersonated. Thirty years after his death, sightings of The King are still reported in tabloids across the globe. Continue reading
09 Saturday Feb 2008
Posted in Marilyn Monroe
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Photographer Allan Grant, who took the last official photographs of Marilyn Monroe in July 1962, has died aged 88.
To learn more about Grant’s long career, click here
To read his account of working with Marilyn, click here
Tara Hanks 
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