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Month: May 2015

Gaston, Maurice and Mary

Back in 2009 I was set an interesting challenge. I was invited on behalf of a group investigating the lives of British women who had worked in silent film to take on the research into one of those about whom nothing much was known. I picked the name Mary Murillo. I knew nothing of her,Read More

Luke McKernan May 16, 2015July 29, 2016Comments (8)

Two birds with one stone

I’ve been watching the general election with a mixture of fascination, horror, bewilderment and exhilaration. I disagree with all those who thought it was a dull campaign – it may have been very stage managed, but that is because elections are won on television, not on soapboxes, as a survey of which media most influencedRead More

Luke McKernan May 10, 2015March 19, 2017Leave a comment

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