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Reading With Marilyn

27 Wednesday Mar 2013

Posted by marina72 in Books, Marilyn Monroe, Updates

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Dan Colman, ES Updates, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn's Library, Open Culture

Ed Feingersh, 1955

Ed Feingersh, 1955

A few years ago, I made a list of all the books owned or read by Marilyn Monroe (some 436 at last count) for my sister blog, ES Updates. At the time, I wondered if anyone else would be interested.

In recent weeks, my list has been picked up by the New Yorker, Yahoo, and many other websites, after first being spotted by Dan Colman over at Open Culture.

I’m glad to have played a small part in widening public knowledge of Marilyn, and hope that more people will now discover that for her, reading was much more than an intellectual pose.

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Marilyn: Books and Ephemera

50 Years Ago: Profumo’s Denial

22 Friday Mar 2013

Posted by marina72 in Books, Fiction, History, Profumo Affair

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Christine Keeler, John Profumo, Profumo Affair, Tara Hanks, Valerie Hobson, Wicked Baby

The Profumos

An extract from Wicked Baby, my novella about the Profumo Affair. Continue reading →

‘Well He Would, Wouldn’t He?’

01 Friday Mar 2013

Posted by marina72 in Profumo Affair, Radio

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Charlotte Greig, Charlotte Williams, Mandy Rice-Davies, Profumo Affair

Mandy In The Mirror

Well He Would, Wouldn’t He? is a radio play by Charlotte Williams (the pseudonym of Sussex-born author and musician Charlotte Greig.) It marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo Affair, retold by one of its chief protagonists: Mandy Rice-Davies. Continue reading →

Mark Kamins 1955-2013

25 Monday Feb 2013

Posted by marina72 in Madonna, Music

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Danceteria, DJ, EDM, Everybody, Madonna, Mark Kamins

Photo by Michael McKenzie, 1984

Photo by Michael McKenzie, 1984

Mark Kamins, the legendary club DJ – who produced Madonna’s first single, and helped her to win a record deal – has died aged 56. Continue reading →

Bookish Birthdays: Edna St. Vincent Millay

22 Friday Feb 2013

Posted by marina72 in Books, Poetry

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Edna St. Vincent Millay, For Books' Sake

My tribute to American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, born on this day in 1892, is published at For Books’ Sake.

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Bookish Birthdays: Anne Sexton

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