14 Thursday Oct 2010
Posted in Books, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
Keith Badman is a British music journalist who has published books about The Beach Boys and The Beatles. Badman has spent the last five years researching and writing about Marilyn Monroe, and The Final Years is the result. In his introduction, Badman writes, ‘I forensically set about my task of separating the fact from the fiction…My intention was simple: to deliver, in book form, the most honest and accurate account of this period ever published.’ Continue reading
24 Saturday Jul 2010
Posted in Books, History, Non-Fiction, Witchcraft
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Early Modern History, Joyce Froome, Lancashire, Museum of Witchcraft, Pendle Witches, Wicked Enchantments, Witchcraft
Wicked Enchantments: A History of the Pendle Witches and Their Magic by Joyce Froome
With its 400th anniversary approaching, the Pendle witch trial of 1612 is once again the focus of historical discussion. What was the largest investigation of its kind in England (until the Matthew Hopkins purges in East Anglia some thirty years later) is now, ironically, a mainstay of the East Lancashire tourist industry.
In 2007, John C. Clayton’s The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy brought a new focus on local history and genealogy to the now legendary case. This year, Joyce Froome, an assistant curator at the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall, has brought her own knowledge of magic to the table. Continue reading
12 Wednesday May 2010
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
It could be argued that Arthur Miller is now remembered as much for his four-year marriage to Marilyn Monroe as for his plays, including at least one masterpiece, Death of a Salesman. But in post-war theatre, only Tennessee Williams rivalled Miller in stature. When the outspoken, liberal playwright won the heart of America’s golden girl in 1956, many predicted this unlikely match would soon fail.
Nearly sixty years later, their marriage is the subject of a new book by Jeffrey Meyers. Continue reading
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
17 Thursday Dec 2009
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Brighton, Film, History, Non-Fiction
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Back Row Brighton: Cinema-Going in Brighton and Hove is the latest offering from Queenspark Books, a community publisher since 1974. Specialising in the reminiscences of local people, and writing and editing with volunteers, Queenspark has created a unique, alternate history of Brighton. It also provides a focus for aspiring writers with a number of ongoing courses, groups and workshops, and is used as a learning resource by schools in the area.
Given its cultural atmosphere and lively past, it is perhaps unsurprising that Brighton has played a part in the evolution of cinema, from the camera’s invention until the present day. Continue reading
Tara Hanks 
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