19 Sunday Feb 2012
Posted in Books, Fiction, Periodicals
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My review of Michel Schneider’s psychological novel, Marilyn’s Last Sessions (originally posted here) features in the latest Mad About Marilyn fanzine, alongside a vintage Tatler article about the young Norma Jeane, and an interview with Jay Margolis, author of the investigative study, Marilyn Monroe: A Case For Murder.
If you’re interested in joining the Mad About Marilyn fanclub, please contact emmadowning@blueyonder.co.uk
30 Monday Jan 2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe
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Abraham Lincoln, Bement, East of Eden, Eve Arnold, James Joyce, Magnum Photos, Malcolm X, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, The Misfits, Ulysses
This article is also published at Immortal Marilyn
Grit and Glamour: Marilyn and Eve Arnold
“I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women.”
The pioneering photo-journalist, Eve Arnold, died on January 4th, 2012, at a London nursing home, three months short of her centenary. Continue reading
28 Saturday Jan 2012
Posted in Amy Winehouse, Music
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Amy Winehouse, Curtis Mayfield, Daptone Records, Donny Hathaway, Duets, Frank Sinatra, James Bond, John Barry, Lioness, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, Mark Ronson, Nas, NME, Salaam Remi, Tony Bennett, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Released in December 2011, four months after the death of Amy Winehouse, Lioness: Hidden Treasures – which takes its name from the singer’s independent record label – is not the third album that fans have longed for since the award-winning Back to Black (2006), but a collection of covers, demos and alternate versions spanning her meteoric career. Continue reading
19 Thursday Jan 2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Profumo Affair, Updates
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I was surprised – and flattered – to find my 2004 novella, Wicked Baby, listed in the bibliography to this book which accompanied the 2010 exhibition at London’s Mayor Gallery, Christine Keeler: My Life in Pictures.
The catalogue includes photographs of Keeler – the iconic model at the centre of 1963’s Profumo Affair – and some of the art she has inspired, edited by James Birch, with essays by Barry Miles and Jean-Jacques Lebel.
25 Sunday Dec 2011
Posted in Updates
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2011, A Year in Books, A Year in Films and TV, A Year in Music, Amy Winehouse, Beryl Bainbridge, Joan of Arc, Kimberly Cutter, Lana Del Rey, Little Gypsy, Lois Banner, Lykke Li, Marilyn Monroe, Purge, Roxy Freeman, Sofi Oksanen, The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress, The Maid, Wuthering Heights
Dear Readers,
Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
2011 has been a year of change for me. I’ve been writing lots of non-fiction (as you’ve probably noticed), and have also made progress on my third novel.
2012 promises to be eventful – I’ll be turning 40 in June. Watch this space…
Tara Hanks
PS Here’s a few of my favourite books, movies and music released this year. The future may be uncertain, but great art never dies. Continue reading
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