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Category Archives: History

Life After Mandela

06 Friday Dec 2013

Posted by marina72 in History, Politics

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela at 43, in June 1962. Photographed  by Michael Peto

Nelson Mandela at 43, in June 1962. Photographed by Michael Peto

My tribute to Nelson Mandela, whose death was announced yesterday.  Continue reading →

Happy Halloween!

31 Thursday Oct 2013

Posted by marina72 in Books, History, Witchcraft

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For Books' Sake, Witchcraft, Witches

Wishing you all a happy Halloween – and for the occasion, I’ve explored how women writers have transformed our ideas about witches over at For Books’ Sake.

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The Art of Witchcraft

Lewis Morley 1925-2013

06 Sunday Oct 2013

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, History, Profumo Affair

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1960s, Barry Humphries, Beyond the Fringe, Bradford, Christine Keeler, Dame Edna Everage, Edina Ronay, Jean Shrimpton, Joe Orton, Lewis Morley, National Media Museum, Private Eye, Profumo Affair

Lewis Morley, perhaps best-known for his iconic portrait of Christine Keeler, died on September 3rd, aged 83. Continue reading →

Rumours

26 Thursday Sep 2013

Posted by marina72 in History, Profumo Affair, Radio, Theatre

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BBC, Christine Keeler, Christopher Booker, Colin Shindler, Harold Macmillan, John Profumo, Private Eye, Profumo Affair, Radio 4, Richard Ingrams, Rumours, Satire, Stephen Ward, Timothy Bligh, Willie Rushton

Lord Denning’s report on the Profumo Affair was published fifty years this week. Though dismissed as a government whitewash, its steamy topic made this official enquiry an unlikely bestseller.  At the same time, a very different version was unfolding in the pages of a new satirical magazine, Private Eye. This is the subject of Colin Shindler’s radio play, Rumours. Continue reading →

The Art of Witchcraft

17 Tuesday Sep 2013

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, History, Witchcraft

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Alexander Goudie, Durer, Edinburgh, Faust, Goya, Isobel Gowdie, Macbeth, Nannie Dee, Paula Rego, Scotland, William Blake, Witchcraft

Lachlan Goudie, son of the Scottish figurative painter Alexander Goudie, is an artist himself. In 1999, Alexander finished a cycle of paintings based on Robert Burns’ 1791 narrative poem, Tam o’ Shanter, about a farmer led astray by a young and beautiful witch, Nannie Dee. He was strongly influenced by the work of Albrecht Dürer and Francisco Goya. Continue reading →

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