The care and feeding of unmarried men / by 461818 Ridgway, Christie

Subjects: “…Gossip columnists…”

The celebrity gossip column and newspaper journalism in Britain, 1918-1939 by Newman, S, Sarah Newman

“…Through a comparative study of six newspapers including the Daily Express, Daily Mail and News of the World, I analyse the changing representation of the celebrity subject, and, originally, the shifting character and persona of the gossip columnist. Whereas some historians have analysed the content of newspapers without considering the questions of the newspaper’s production, I analyse newspaper employment records, gossip columnists’ memoirs and their unpublished letters and diaries to define the specific economic, social and cultural circumstances which, I argue, influenced their public portrayal. …”

Crossing Chris: Some Markerian Affinities by Adrian Martin

“…Avoiding the ‘usual suspects’ (such as Godard or Sebald), it discusses gossip columnist Milt Machlin, record collector Harry Smith, painter Gianfranco Baruchello, writer-filmmaker Edgardo Cozarinsky, and several others. …”
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