09 Wednesday Jan 2013
Posted in Books, Fiction, Film, History, Non-Fiction
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Burlesque, For Books' Sake, Gypsy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Mother Finds a Body, Striptease, The G-String Murders
My tribute to Gypsy Rose Lee, queen of burlesque, best-selling author and ‘striptease intellectual’, is published today at For Books’ Sake.
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27 Thursday Sep 2012
Posted in Film, History, Music, Witchcraft
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1612 Underture, Adrian Flanagan, Dean Honer, Eccentronic Research Council, Kluncklick, Lancashire Witches, Lucy Hope, Maxine Peake, Pendle Witches, Sheffield
The Eccentronic Research Council (ERC) is a collective founded by Sheffield musicians Adrian Flanagan and Dean Honer.
1612 Underture, their new concept album, also features the Bolton-born actress Maxine Peake. Continue reading
23 Thursday Aug 2012
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most chronicled women of the modern age. In the fifty years since her death, she has been a muse to the literary set, and the subject of gossipy exposés. Continue reading
03 Friday Aug 2012
Posted in Film, Interviews, Marilyn Monroe, Radio
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Alec Baldwin, Archive on 4, Arthur Gelb, BBC, Carroll Baker, Charles Marowitz, George Cukor, Harvey Weinstein, Jack Lemmon, Jayne Mansfield, Joshua Logan, Lawrence Schiller, Leon Wieseltier, Marilyn Monroe, Marina Warner, Maureen Dowd, My Week With Marilyn, Simon Curtis, Susan Greenfield, Sybil Thorndike, The Smart Dumb Blonde
The 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death falls this weekend. In tribute, I have reviewed a recent radio documentary, celebrating her beauty, talent and intelligence. Continue reading
02 Thursday Aug 2012
My review of M.G. Lord’s The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness (And We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice) is published today at For Books’ Sake.
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