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2022: A Year in Books

28 Wednesday Dec 2022

Posted by marina72 in Books, Fiction, Film, History, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Politics, Witchcraft

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A Year in Books, Asian American, Big Red, Daniel Wiles, Dawn, Four Treasures of the Sky, Ireland, Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Jerome Charyn, Jill Dawson, Josephine Johnson, Kate Atkinson, Kate Meyrick, Leïla Slimani, Louise Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Maureen Freely, Mercia's Take, Michelle Morgan, Now in November, Ocean State, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Roaring Twenties, Sevgi Soysal, Shrines of Gaiety, Stewart O'Nan, The Bewitching, The Country of Others, Trespasses, Turkey, When Marilyn Met the Queen, Witches of Warboys

I read Kate Atkinson’s first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, back in the late 1990s; and finally returned to her this year with Shrines of Gaiety, a Roaring Twenties romp loosely inspired by the rackety life of London’s ‘Queen of Nightclubs,’ Kate Meyrick. I was pleased to note that Atkinson’s dry wit remains intact. Continue reading →

2019: A Year In Film and TV

17 Tuesday Dec 2019

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Non-Fiction, Television

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3 Days in Quiberon, A Year in Films and TV, Albert Finney, Australia, Ava DuVernay, Black 47, Blindspotting, Derry Girls, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Hollywood Book Club, If Beale Street Could Talk, Ireland, James Baldwin, James L. Neibaur, Jean Harlow, Jennifer Kent, Joaquin Phoenix, Ken Loach, Letters From Hollywood, Lisa McGee, Marlon Brando, Martin Scorsese, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, Patsy Kelly, Quentin Tarantino, Roddy Doyle, Romy Schneider, Rosie, Shane Meadows, Sharon Tate, Sorry We Missed You, Starring Red Wing!, Sue Lyon, Sunset, Susannah Grant, The Irishman, The Nightingale, The Sisters Brothers, The Virtues, Thelma Todd, Transit, Unbelievable, When They See Us, ZaSu Pitts

In 2019, we said goodbye to sixties icons Albert Finney and Sue Lyon, and remembered Sharon Tate… Continue reading →

Amy Winehouse: The Day She Came to Dingle

03 Friday Aug 2012

Posted by marina72 in Amy Winehouse, Music, Television

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2006, Amy Winehouse, Amy Winehouse: The Day She Came to Dingle, Arena, Back to Black, BBC, Dale Davis, Dingle, Ireland, Kerry, Other Voices

“Amy Winehouse arrived on a wild, stormy night – ready to sing, and ready to talk.”

A year after Amy Winehouse’s tragic death, a new documentary has been screened as part of the BBC’s prestigious Arena series. Continue reading →

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