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Há 1 dia · Scandal provides a sensationalist and seductive account of the high-society parties and meetings that led to the widely-publicised and controversial affair and its subsequent political fallout, showcasing the hedonism of British politics in the mid-20th century and the immoralism that dominated the early 1960s. At the centre is Ward, who ...
Há 4 dias · Christine Keeler faces the press scrum outside the courthouse where Stephen Ward was on trial, August 1963 (Image source: Wikimedia Commons) In the end, the Profumo Affair had all the classic elements of a British scandal – sex, spies, politicians, nobility, courtroom drama. But its cultural impact went far beyond mere titillation.
Há 1 dia · The Trial of Christine Keeler; How This 300-Year-Old Pastel Stick Maker Creates Nearly 2,000 Colors — More Than Its Competitors; Wish; Dead Boy Detectives; Bridgerton S3; What we’re listening to: “To Say Nothing of the Dog”, by Connie Willis (trying out audiobooks!) Taylor Acorn; Mars by D.O Good Luck, Babe! by Chappel Roan; Blame Brett ...
Há 5 dias · Secondly, he seeks to erase the Victorian/20th century divide more thoroughly than is ever envisaged in the popular demonizing accounts of 20th-century sexuality before P.J. Proby and Christine Keeler. His book may be thought of as an 'anti-1911' text in three respects.
Há 3 dias · At the center of the storm was John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, who had an illicit affair with Christine Keeler, a young model he met at a Cliveden party. The scandal deepened when it was revealed that Keeler was also involved with Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché (Knightley & Kennedy, 1987).
Há 2 dias · They began an affair, but Keeler was also involved with a Russian spy and the ensuing scandal led to the toppling of the Conservative government in 1964. If luxury is more your thing than history ...
Há 4 dias · In 1961–62, Ayub paid a state visit to the United Kingdom. He attracted much attention from the British public when his involvement in the Christine Keeler affair was revealed. India: 1959 joint defence and 1965 war
