09 Monday Sep 2013
Posted in Art and Photography, Profumo Affair
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Barry Fantoni, Christine Keeler, Lewis Morley, Mandy Rice-Davies, Michael Ward, National Portrait Gallery, Pauline Boty, Profumo Affair, Scandal 63, Solihull, Stephen Ward, Tom Blau
Scandal ’63, currently a wall display in Room 32 of London’s National Portrait Gallery, takes its name (and logo) from journalist Clive Irving’s account of the Profumo Affair, published fifty years ago. Continue reading
05 Friday Oct 2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Marilyn Monroe
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Andre De Dienes, Anthony Beauchamp, Cecil Beaton, Dame Edith Sitwell, Don't Bother To Knock, Frankie Vaughan, Let's Make Love, Marilyn Monroe, Marlyn Monroe: A British Love Affair, Michelle Morgan, Nahum Baron, National Portrait Gallery, Pauline Boty, Picture Post, Roy Ward Baker, The Prince And The Showgirl, Wilfred Hyde-White
‘Marilyn Monroe: A British Love Affair’ is a small display in Room 33 of London’s National Portrait Gallery, featuring photographs and vintage magazine covers related to The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), and other homegrown influences on Hollywood’s most iconic star. Continue reading
23 Tuesday Mar 2010
Posted in Books, Fiction, History, Profumo Affair
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1960s, Bad Penny Blues, Cathi Unsworth, Jack the Stripper, Joe Meek, Pauline Boty, Profumo Affair
Cathi Unsworth began her career as a music journalist at the age of 19, writing for Sounds, Melody Maker, Bizarre and Mojo. She is now also a crime novelist, having published three books: The Not Knowing (2005), The Singer (2007) and most recently Bad Penny Blues (2009). In 2006, Unsworth edited an anthology of fiction, London Noir. Continue reading
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