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At 95, Marilyn is Still in Bloom

01 Tuesday Jun 2021

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Art and Photography, Books, Brighton, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Updates

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#Marilyn95, Brighton, Carl Perutz, Graffiti, Happy Birthday Marilyn, Hotel Del Coronado, Larry Schiller, Lawrence Schiller, Marilyn and Me, Marilyn Monroe, Public Art, Queensbury Mews, Some Like It Hot, Something's Got To Give, Street Art, Taschen, The Postman

Today, June 1st, marks what would be Marilyn’s 95th birthday. As the sun shines over Brighton for what seems like the first time since lockdown, this latest artwork from The Postman (based on a 1958 photo by Carl Perutz) has appeared in Queensbury Mews. Continue reading →

2020: A Year in Film

30 Wednesday Dec 2020

Posted by marina72 in Books, Brighton, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Television

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A Year in Films and TV, Andrew Patterson, August Wilson, Beanpole, Billie, Billie Holiday, Brighton, Calm With Horses, Carole Lombard, Chadwick Boseman, David Lynch, Day By Day With Marilyn, Diana Rigg, Duke of York's Brighton, Edward Norton, Eliza Hittman, Eva Riley, Film Noir, George C. Wolfe, Hollywood's Hard-Luck Dames, James Erskine, Kantemir Balagov, Laura Wagner, Linda Manz, Lucky Grandma, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Morgan, Motherless Brooklyn, Neo-Noir, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Nick Rowland, Perfect 10, Russia, Sasie Sealy, The Last Interview, The Vast of Night, Tsai Chin, Veronica Lake, Viola Davis

Photo by Curtis Tappenden

This photo was taken in Brighton just two winters ago, but it already feels like a distant memory. Founded in 1910, the Duke of York’s is the oldest operating cinema in Britain, and I’ve been a customer, on and off, for the last quarter-century. The last film I saw there, back in February, was (ironically) Parasite. After four months in lockdown the Duke’s reopened in July, but by October its parent company Cineworld had announced that all theatres would close indefinitely. Now this grand old building is boarded up, a sorry sight – and it’s just one of many venues facing an uncertain future. I’ve really missed the cinema, though streaming has offered an alternative of sorts. As an old friend told me recently, we all need a little glamour in our lives – and so I hope 2021 is kinder to the arts than this year has been. Continue reading →

Violets, Flamingos and Heroes in Autumn

09 Friday Oct 2020

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Books, Brighton, Music, Poetry, Profumo Affair

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Brighton, Christine Keeler, David Bowie, Dreadzone, Emily Capell, Flamingo, Flamingo Club, Geoff McCormack, Lana Del Rey, Mercy for Christine, NHS Heroes, Rosie the Riveter, Roxana Halls, Seymour Platt, The Skatalites, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

On New Year’s Eve, I wrote here of my fears over where the world is heading. Little did I know that only a few weeks later we would be facing up to a pandemic. 2020 has been a strange, lonesome year for many of us. Continue reading →

Brighton Shows Love (and Pride) for Marilyn

06 Tuesday Aug 2019

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Brighton, Marilyn Monroe, Politics

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Brighton, Brighton Pride, broken//hartist, Graffiti, LGBTQ+, Marilyn Monroe, Public Art, Richard Avedon, Sad Marilyn, Street Art, The Postman

Brighton Pride is the biggest event of its kind in the UK, and one of the most popular worldwide. This weekend, a rainbow ribbon of graffiti streamed across my hometown – including this mural at the old Methodist Church on 88 London Road. Created by The Postman and broken//hartist, after Richard Avedon’s 1957 photograph, widely known as ‘Sad Marilyn‘ – all the more touching as this Pride weekend coincided with the 57th anniversary of Marilyn’s passing, and she will always be loved by our LGBTQ+ community.

‘Casablanca’ at the Picturehouse

14 Wednesday Feb 2018

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Brighton, Film, History, Politics

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Brighton, Casablanca, Duke of York's Brighton, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Refugee Crisis, World War II

One of the finest movies ever made, Casablanca, celebrated its 75th anniversary last year. As I joined a nearly full house at the Duke of York’s in Brighton last Sunday, I wondered whom in the audience were watching it for the first time, and how many had seen it numerous times on television. Most chuckled in recognition of its oft-quoted dialogue, whether familiar from past viewings or references in popular culture. Continue reading →

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