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Liz Smith 1923-2017

13 Monday Nov 2017

Posted by marina72 in Madonna, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, Radio, Television

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Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Liz Smith, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, New York

Liz Smith, the veteran gossip columnist known as the ‘doyenne of dish’, has died aged 94. Continue reading →

Dead Blondes: You Must Remember Marilyn

27 Friday Oct 2017

Posted by marina72 in Film, History, Marilyn Monroe, Radio, Television

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Arthur Miller, Documentaries, Immortal Marilyn, Karina Longworth, Marilyn Monroe, Podcasts, You Must Remember This

This article can also be read at Immortal Marilyn

“Marilyn, that icon of über-femininity, is most often compared to other dead women. Or rather, other dead women are compared to her … Whenever a glamorous young woman dies, she is compared to Marilyn Monroe, whether she was a blonde – or dumb – or not.” – Sarah Churchwell  Continue reading →

Refugee Radio Times

26 Tuesday Aug 2014

Posted by marina72 in Books, Non-Fiction, Politics, Radio, Uncategorized

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Refugee Radio Times

Refugee Radio is a Brighton-based human rights charity. Their projects include a weekly radio show, live events and media training, as well as mentoring, a post-traumatic resilience panel, and a cookery group. Refugee Radio Times, a new book, was compiled by Stephen Silverwood, the charity’s chief executive, and Lorna Stephenson, who also edits a monthly newsletter of the same name. The book includes personal testimonies from refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants, alongside journalism and analysis by human rights campaigners. 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 True Story of Bonnie Parker

05 Thursday Sep 2013

Posted by marina72 in History, Radio, Theatre

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Beatrice Colin, Bonnie and Clyde, Great Depression, Outlaws, Radio 4, The True Story of Bonnie Parker

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Beatrice Colin lives in Glasgow, and is the author of one of my favourite novels in recent years: The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite (2008), which tells the fantastic tale of how a young waif endures the hardships of World War I and later becomes a movie siren in the decadent milieu of 1920s Berlin.

When I read in The Mirror last Saturday that Dr Colin had written an episodic radio play about the notorious Barrow Gang’s crime spree during America’s Great Depression, I knew I had to listen in. Continue reading →

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