10 Friday Jun 2011
Posted in Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry
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Two new reviews posted at For Books’ Sake this week: Lyndall Gordon’s literary biography, Lives Like Loaded Guns – Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds, and Between Shades of Gray, a novel for young adults set in wartime Eastern Europe, by first-time author Ruta Sepetys.
30 Saturday Apr 2011
It all began on a freight train in 1931, when nine black teenage boys innocently shared a ride with two young white women. Continue reading
27 Wednesday Apr 2011
My review of Purge, the brilliant new novel by Finnish-Estonian author, Sofi Oksanen, is published today at For Books’ Sake
24 Monday Jan 2011
Posted in Books, Brighton, History, Non-Fiction
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Backstage Brighton, Brighton, Coronation Street, Donald Sinden, Laurence Olivier, Lucy Packham, Marlene Dietrich, Queenspark Books, Theatre
Backstage Brighton: Theatre-Going in Brighton & Hove (2010) is the latest offering from Queenspark Books, Brighton’s community publisher, specialising in oral history. It complements their previous book, Back Row Brighton: Cinema-Going in Brighton & Hove (2009.) Continue reading
05 Thursday Aug 2010
Posted in History, Marilyn Monroe
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Cal-Neva Lodge, Frank Sinatra, Immortal Marilyn, Kennedys, Lake Tahoe, Marilyn Monroe, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Peter Lawford, Rat Pack
Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn Monroe and the Lawfords, a new article by me for the ‘Twilight’ section at Immortal Marilyn, has been posted to mark the 48th anniversary of her passing.
(The picture above shows Marilyn with Peter Lawford at Frank Sinatra’s Cal-Neva Lodge, a week before her death. It is one of the last photographs ever taken of the actress.)
Tara Hanks 
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