17 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Books, Non-Fiction
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My review of Slavery Inc: The Untold Story of International Sex Trafficking, by the remarkable Lydia Cacho, is published today at For Books’ Sake.
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06 Sunday Oct 2013
Posted 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
26 Thursday Sep 2013
Posted 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
17 Tuesday Sep 2013
Posted 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
13 Friday Sep 2013
Posted in Amy Winehouse, Music
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The Jewish Museum is nestled in the heart of Camden Town. Born just a few tube stations away, Amy Winehouse moved to bohemian Camden when she was just 17, staying until her death in 2011. She was nicknamed the ‘Queen of Camden’, but her family origins in North London’s Jewish community are less celebrated. Continue reading
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