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Markella kept a diary…

interesting people, interesting times…

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THEY RAN OUT OF CAKE…

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caryatis.

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The Six Maidens of Ancient Karyes, Laconia Greece. The Six Sisters, daughters of the architect/builder of the temple, models for the sculptured female columns that supported The Erechtheion at the Acropolis of Athens for thousands of years.

Five of the Six Caryatids stand in the Acropolis museum,waiting, with a place reserved for their one sister that doesn’t stand alongside them any longer. She stands alone, in the London museum, longing to go home.

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a timeless trait of society.

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Some will love you for who you are; others will love the mask you wear.

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writers in love

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There is no end to the connection between love and literature. Love and romance is the prevelant theme in countless books.

But what about the torrid love affairs between writers? The real ones. The non fiction romances.The ones that you are now able to see because they are ‘documented’ in a real diary or in a series of letters/correspondences?

Reading someone else’s diary or personal letters has always held its allure.

Tender Is The Night is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘response’ to his wife Zelda’s book.

Save Me The Waltz is Zelda Fitzgerald’s book that exposed her torrid and troubled marriage to F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Anais Nin was the rebel, the torrid rebel who experimented and tasted everything in life. She wrote essays, novels and erotica. The pages of her diary best described her life.

The love affair between Henry Miller and Anais Nin told by Anais Nin.

The story of…

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The myth and reality of the Parisian woman by Agnes Poirier .bbc culture.(excerpt)

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…If the Parisienne is seen from afar as being sexy, it is often because she displays a certain confidence. If she appears fashionable, it is probably because she knows what fits her whatever size she is. If she comes across as sophisticated, it is to do with her taste for defiance. And if many find her irresistible, it is no doubt because she loves freedom so much.

read full article at The Myth and Reality of the Parisian Woman BBC Culture

The actor Arletty, seen here in the film Hôtel du Nord, was one of many working-class French stars of the era (Credit: Alamy) from site.

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