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A Treacherous Likeness

18 Monday Feb 2013

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My review of A Treacherous Likeness, Lynn Shepherd‘s historical crime novel investigating the dark secrets of the Romantic Poets – Shelley, Mary et al – is published today at For Books’ Sake.

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Biba and Beyond

07 Thursday Feb 2013

Posted by in Art and Photography, Brighton, Fashion and Beauty, History

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Barbara Hulanicki, the fashion designer who founded Biba, the iconic 60s boutique, spent her formative years in Brighton. She is now the subject of a major retrospective, Biba and Beyond: Barbara Hulanicki, at Brighton Museum and Gallery in the Pavilion Gardens until April 14th. Continue reading →

The Curse of Pendle

28 Wednesday Nov 2012

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Installation on Pendle Hill: photo by Brett Dixon/BBC, 2012.

The Curse of Pendle is a 30-minute documentary, broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on November 23rd, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Lancashire Witch Trials. It is presented by the novelist Jeanette Winterson, who grew up in Accrington, within view of Pendle Hill.

‘We all knew the stories of Chattox and Demdike – names you’d never forget,’ Winterson recalls. ‘Were they witches? Did they still haunt the hill? It scared us kids to death.’ Continue reading →

The 1937 Woolworth’s Sit-Down

21 Wednesday Nov 2012

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The 1937 Woolworth’s Sit-Down: Women Strikers Occupy Chain Store, Win Big, a new pamphlet by Dana Frank, takes a fresh, feminist look at American labour history, with lessons for today’s Occupy movement. You can read my review at For Books’ Sake.