09 Friday Oct 2020
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Brighton, Music, Poetry, Profumo Affair
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Brighton, Christine Keeler, David Bowie, Dreadzone, Emily Capell, Flamingo, Flamingo Club, Geoff McCormack, Lana Del Rey, Mercy for Christine, NHS Heroes, Rosie the Riveter, Roxana Halls, Seymour Platt, The Skatalites, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
On New Year’s Eve, I wrote here of my fears over where the world is heading. Little did I know that only a few weeks later we would be facing up to a pandemic. 2020 has been a strange, lonesome year for many of us. Continue reading
18 Tuesday Jun 2019
Posted in Art and Photography, Profumo Affair
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1960s, Amadeo Modigliani, Art North, Charlotte Rampling, Christine Keeler, Dear Christine, Denning Report, Fionn Wilson, Flamingo Club, Ian McKay, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Julie Burchill, Julie Christie, Newcastle, Profumo Affair, Sexual Revolution, Stephen Ward, Swinging London, The Boy Looked At Christine, Vane Gallery, William Hogarth
‘Christine Reads the Denning Report’ by Fionn Wilson (2017)
Dear Christine: A Tribute to Christine Keeler, on display at Newcastle’s Vane Gallery until June 29 (and then touring), is featured on the ART NORTH website today, with an article by Julie Burchill (as quoted below) and ‘The Boy Looked At Christine,’ a review by Ian McKay. So if you’re in Newcastle this month, don’t miss this stunning (and free) exhibit – and you can check out the associated events here. Continue reading
Tara Hanks 
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