31 Thursday Dec 2009
Photo by Tony Mould
Brighton and Hove City Council has put forward proposals to shut Brighton History Centre as part of a bid to save almost £8 million from its overall budget in the next year.
But its users claim the closure, which will save the council £62,000, will be a devastating blow.
Brighton Evening Argus, December 15th 2009 Continue reading
24 Thursday Dec 2009
Posted in Books, Marilyn Monroe, Periodicals, Updates
My review of J. Randy Taraborrelli’s The Secret Life Of Marilyn Monroe is featured in the latest issue of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine. It first appeared here.
The current edition also features a vintage article by Earl Wilson, ‘In Defence of Marilyn’, and a profile of photographer John Florea.
23 Wednesday Dec 2009
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe
≈ Comments Off on Bob Willoughby 1927-2009
Photographer Bob Willoughby has died at his home in Vence, France, aged 82. For many years he was the one of the most prominent still cameramen in the international film industry, largely due to his unobtrusive style and aesthetic sensibility. Critic Charles Champlin once described Willoughby’s work as transcending photojournalism to become ‘salon art’. Continue reading
23 Wednesday Dec 2009
In To Views is a new blog site from Paul Grimsley, (a highly creative, cross-genre poet and ‘regular renaissance man’), and he is currently profiling upcoming writers, artists and musicians there on a daily basis.
Paul’s most recent volume of poetry (to date – watch this space!), is entitled a suite of desolate elegance, and it is now available from Musehick Publications.
You can read Paul’s interview with me here.
20 Sunday Dec 2009
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
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Arthur Miller, Billy Wilder, Marilyn Monroe, Mick LaSalle, Paula Strasberg, Some Like It Hot, Tony Curtis
Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis are indelibly linked in the public consciousness for two main reasons: firstly, they co-starred in the comedy classic, Some Like It Hot (1959); and secondly, because when asked what kissing Marilyn was like, Curtis allegedly replied, ‘Like kissing Hitler.’ Continue reading
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