17 Thursday Mar 2016
Posted in Books, Profumo Affair, Updates, Wicked Baby
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Christine Keeler, John Profumo, Mandy Rice-Davies, Profumo Affair, Stephen Ward, Tara Hanks, Wicked Baby
I’m happy to announce that Wicked Baby, my novella based on the events of the Profumo Affair, is now back in print. This edition includes an afterword and six further articles about the scandal’s lasting impact, which first appeared in the Kindle version. You can order it now for £5.24 from Amazon UK, or $7.45 in the US.
15 Tuesday Mar 2016
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Belgium, Bulldog Drummond, C. Haddon Chambers, Cardinal Mercier, Emile Chautard, George Archainbaud, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Joseph Brooks, Leuven, Montagu Love, Shubert Theatre, The Cross Bearer, The Great Pursuit, The Idler, World Film Corporation, World Pictures-Brady
Harry Montagu Love was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire on March 15, 1880. His father was an estate agent. He became a newspaper illustrator during the Anglo-Boer War at the turn of the century. By 1911, he was a professional actor. He sailed to America in 1913, supporting the English actor, Cyril Maude, in Grumpy, which had a successful Broadway run followed by a nationwide tour. After returning to New York, he appeared in George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man and Candida at the Garrick Theatre. One of Love’s first films, Hearts in Exile (1915), starred Clara Kimball Young. Continue reading
03 Thursday Mar 2016
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Whitney Warren Jr. was born in Manhattan on March 3, 1898. His father, Whitney Warren Sr., was an architect who designed Grand Central Terminus, and the library in Leuven, Belgium. His mother was Charlotte Tooker Warren, after whom their elder daughter was named. The Warrens were part of New York City’s old elite, the Social Four Hundred. They lived at 230 Park Avenue, and their son was taught in the finest schools. His portrait was painted by artist Robert Reid in 1915. Continue reading
27 Saturday Feb 2016
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Laura Wilkinson is a Brighton-based author whose books include Public Battles Private Wars, Bloodmining, and The Rapture Series (as L.C. Wilkinson.) She grew up in Wales, which forms the backdrop to her latest novel, Redemption Song. Continue reading
23 Tuesday Feb 2016
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Emile Chautard, Frederick Warde, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Silent Movies, Thanhouser, The Fires of Youth, Under False Colors
Frederick Barkham Warde was born in Wardington, Oxfordshire, on February 23, 1851. Educated at the City of London School, he had planned to become a lawyer. But after being cast as ‘Second Murderer’ in an 1867 production of Macbeth, a life on the stage beckoned. He learned his craft at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, playing eighty parts in nine months. Continue reading
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