Category Archives: Historical

My novels “Nights in Paris” and “A Prawn’s Heart is in its Head” are historical fiction

Pandora’s Box

Pandora’s Box is a wonderful black-and-white film made in 1929, starring the incomparable Louise Brooks (and her famous bob). I’m sure Colette and Anaïs Nin both loved it, if they saw it. Pandora’s Box was one of the first films to … Continue reading

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Colette reading

I adore this photograph of Colette reading. It’s a rare picture taken after she was married (it looks professionally taken, as if for a publicity shot) but before she cut her hair into the famous bob that she kept all … Continue reading

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