01 Tuesday Apr 2014
Posted in Anniversaries, Fiction, History, Politics
My review of Public Battles, Private Wars – a new novel by Laura Wilkinson, marking the thirtieth anniversary of the Miners’ Strike – is posted today at For Books’ Sake.
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17 Friday Jan 2014
Posted in Anniversaries, History, Profumo Affair, Television
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Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Christine Keeler, Documentaries, ITV, John Profumo, Mandy Rice-Davies, Profumo Affair, Sex Lies and A Very British Scapegoat, Stephen Ward
Sex, Lies and A Very British Scapegoat was first broadcast on ITV1 on December 22nd, 2013. Presented by the composer and theatrical impresario, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, the documentary marks the end of a year’s reflection on the Profumo Affair, half a century after the first scandal erupted. Focussing on one man’s downfall, the programme also coincides with the opening of Stephen Ward: The Musical. Continue reading
17 Friday Jan 2014
Posted in Anniversaries, Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
≈ Comments Off on Bookish Birthdays: Anne Brontë
Born on this day in 1820, Anne Brontë – author of Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – has sometimes been overshadowed by her sisters, but was a great novelist, poet and social critic in her own right. You can read my tribute to her at For Books’ Sake.
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14 Tuesday Jan 2014
Posted in Anniversaries, History, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl
After a two-year romance, Marilyn Monroe married Joe DiMaggio in San Francisco on January 14, 1954. Sadly, they would part just nine months later in a blaze of recrimination and heartbreak. However, the couple remained friendly until Marilyn’s death. Joe was devastated by her passing, and sent roses to her grave each week for twenty years. He never remarried, and is the only one of Monroe’s three husbands never to discuss their relationship with the press.
This extract from my novel, The Mmm Girl (2007), revisits the day of their wedding, exactly sixty years later. Continue reading
Tara Hanks 
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