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Sixty Years Later: Scandal ’63 Revisited

13 Monday Nov 2023

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Art and Photography, Books, Fashion and Beauty, Film, History, Music, Periodicals, Poetry, Politics, Profumo Affair

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A Kind of Loving, Amanda Coe, Barry Fantoni, Calder Waldon, Caroline Coon, Catherine Edmunds, Cathy Lomax, Christine Keeler, Christine Noonan, Dameon Priestly, David Kynaston, De Montfort University, Divergência Socialista, Eugene Ivanov, Fanny Hill, Fionn Wilson, Geoffrey Robertson, Gerald Scarfe, Graphic Novel, Harold Macmillan, If ...., Introducing Mandy, John Profumo, Keeler, Leicester, Leicester Gallery, Lewis Morley, Libby Crowley, Mandy Rice-Davies, Marguerite Horner, Mariella Novotny, Melanie Williams, Michael Bronze, Murray's Cabaret Club, Natalie d'Arbeloff, Peggy Davies Ceramics, Private Eye, Profumo Affair, Richard Farmer, Sadie Hennessy, Sadie Lee, Sal Jones, Scandal, Scandal '63 Revisited, Senseless Things, Seymour Platt, Stella Vine, Stephen Ward, Stephen Ward: The Musical, Steve Chibnall, Sue Lloyd, Terence Donovan, That Affair, That Was the Week That Was, The Christine Keeler Colouring Book, The Keeler Affair, The Mandy Report, The Trial Of Christine Keeler, Timothy Birdsall, Town Magazine, Tuli Kupferberg, Une Romance Anglaise, Vanessa Holburn, Vice Girls Ltd., Wendy Nelson, Wes Streeting, Yours Retro

“In Britain at the start of the 1960s, Victorian values are still mainstream. There is a rich ruling class who are better than everybody else, women are mostly thought of as the property of the men around them and if you are Black, discrimination, IS the culture. I believe the Profumo scandal shone a light on all of that poison and was another step on the road that we are still very much on, to a more equal society. So, I think in some ways the Profumo scandal was a good thing. But for my mother, I am sure she would say, ‘What a price I had to pay!’”– Seymour Platt, ‘My Mother, Christine Keeler’ Continue reading →

Dear Christine: A Tribute in Art, Poetry and Prose

13 Wednesday May 2020

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Profumo Affair

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Dear Christine: A Tribute to Christine Keeler first took root in 2014, when Fionn Wilson painted a set of four portraits in black and white, based on 1960s photographs by Lewis Morley and others. Like myself, Fionn first discovered Keeler in retrospect. She asked other women artists, some of whom had lived through the Profumo Affair to contribute works about Christine. For many of us, her story represents a rite of passage. As Fionn notes in her foreword to the exhibition catalogue, the scandal “let the genie of sex out of the bottle” and “dealt a death blow” to class deference. At the same time, it unleashed a brave new world of tabloid exposure. “Never had the press been so bold and it has never looked back.” Continue reading →

‘Dear Christine’ Opens in Newcastle

04 Tuesday Jun 2019

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Dear Christine: A Tribute to Christine Keeler has opened at the Vane Gallery in Newcastle, with free admission until June 29. During this first stop in a 3-city tour (more details here), there will also be a series of lectures and workshops by artists featured in the show. These events are also free, but it’s advisable to pre-book at info@vane.org.uk or 0191 261 8281. Continue reading →

‘Dear Christine’ Draws Back the Curtains

24 Friday May 2019

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Books, Profumo Affair, Updates, Wicked Baby, Writing

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Caroline Coon, Cathy Lomax, Christine Keeler, Claudia Clare, Dear Christine, Fionn Wilson, Helen Billinghurst, Newcastle, Sadie Hennessy, Tara Hanks, Vane Gallery

Dear Christine: A Tribute to Christine Keeler, a new exhibition curated by Fionn Wilson, will open at the Vane Gallery in Newcastle on June 1st (open from 12-5 pm on Wednesdays to Saturdays.) During its four week-stay, there will also be a series of lectures and workshops hosted by artists Caroline Coon, Claudia Clare, Sadie Hennessy, Helen Billinghurst and Cathy Lomax. Whether you see Christine Keeler as a Sixties icon or political figure, the women behind Dear Christine are, at long last, bringing her humanity into public view. Continue reading →

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