24 Monday Apr 2017
Posted in Marilyn Monroe, Television
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Channel 4, David Gainsborough Roberts, Documentaries, Elizabeth Winder, Frieda Hull, Immortal Marilyn, Julien's Auctions, Lee Strasberg, Lois Banner, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime, Sarah Churchwell
This article can also be read at Immortal Marilyn. (And if you’re looking for a more detailed view of the sale, I also wrote a series of reports on my Marilyn-only blog, ES Updates.) Continue reading
23 Thursday Aug 2012
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most chronicled women of the modern age. In the fifty years since her death, she has been a muse to the literary set, and the subject of gossipy exposés. Continue reading
25 Sunday Dec 2011
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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
09 Thursday Jun 2011
Posted in Books, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Periodicals
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Cindy De La Hoz, Douglas Kirkland, Lois Banner, Mad About Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Modern Screen, USS Bennington
My reviews of Cindy De La Hoz’s Marilyn Monroe: The Personal Archive and MM – Personal by Lois Banner are featured in the latest issue of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine, which also includes a vintage article, ‘…and the Lord Taketh Away’, from Modern Screen in 1957; a piece on Marilyn’s 1955 visit to USS Bennington; and a profile of photographer Douglas Kirkland.
If you would like to join the Mad About Marilyn Fan Club, please email Emma: emmadowning@blueyonder.co.uk
26 Saturday Feb 2011
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
Two steel filing cabinets, removed from Marilyn Monroe’s home in the days following her death in 1962, have become part of the paraphernalia surrounding her legend. Frequently mentioned in biographies, the cabinets became as symbolic as Marilyn’s white piano or the fluffy tiger found on her lawn by police. According to whom you read, the files held the key to Monroe’s inner soul or the truth about her untimely demise. Continue reading
Tara Hanks 
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