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Kieran McGovern in Brief lives

Jan 8

Tony Sheridan

John Lennon’s alter ego?

Kieran McGovern in Brief lives

Oct 11, 2023

The Bandstand Bluebeard

The Eight Wives of Artie Shaw

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Kieran McGovern in Brief lives

May 20, 2023

The Rise and Fall of Benjamin Haydon

In April 1846 there were two exhibitions at the Egyptian Hall in…

Kieran McGovern in Brief lives

May 23, 2023

Who was Rorschach?

‘’Pioneering genius, bumbling dilettante,…”

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Kieran McGovern in Brief lives

May 12, 2023

Kerensky — Part 1: Revolution

Alexander Kerensky led a provisional government between the two…

Kieran McGovern in Brief lives

May 6, 2023

Arthur Alexander

Neglected Alabama ‘country soul pioneer’ covered by The Beatles but ended up driving…

Kieran McGovern in Brief lives

Apr 18, 2023

Dickens Survives Train Disaster

Carriage hangs off a bridge over a ravine

Kieran McGovern in Brief lives

Apr 21, 2023

Portugese in Florence

Part 2 — Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elope. Happy ever after?

Kieran McGovern in Brief lives

May 12, 2023

Kerensky — Part 2: Exile

The ‘wandering Russian’ outlives his usurpers.

Kieran McGovern in Brief lives

Apr 27, 2023

Afterword: The Merry Widower?

Browning posthumously faces lurid accusations

These were the top 10 stories published by Brief lives; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2023, 2024.

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Brief lives

Stories of the famous & the forgotten in the spirit of John Aubrey. Subjects range from the Dickens to the ‘red Elvis’. Try to find light in the darker tales.

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