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The Citizen Genet Affair, Part II

Frances Hunter's American Heroes | December 7th 2009 by Frances Hunter

Citizen Genet is feted in Philadelphia, 1793 Citizen Genet arrived in America in the spring of 1793 to find that everybody was wild for the French Revolution. People went about singing the Marseillaise, cheered news of French victories in her war aga read more

Tiger Woods in Wax...and Hot Water

on the black hand side | December 2nd 2009 by Vanessa

Here is a photo of a couple of visitors with a wax figure of U.S. golfing legend, Tiger Woods at the newly opened Louis Toussaud's Waxworks in Pattaya, Thailand. Tiger’s stock has surely dropped in the last few days because of his adulterous read more

Waxworks

Dunstan Carter Poetry | November 26th 2009 by Dunstan Carter

Her mouth Tasted of Shoe shops And cheap Cocktails, He was Nothing but Sun ripened Hair mousse And bullshit, Together They captured And Enraptured A nation. Poetry.net read more

New George Best Waxwork Goes On Show

Anorak | November 25th 2009

YOU know you’ve arrived when you’re made into a wax statue. There is something creepy about waxworks. At Ireland’s National Wax Museum Television pundit Eamon Dunphy unveils a new waxwork of himself. Besides him a waxy Calum Best, doe-f read more

Blackpool’s Museums and Art Galleries

Ballet 321 | November 16th 2009 by wambtm

While Blackpool is known primarily as a tourist resort with amazing amusement arcades and fun fairs, the town also has many museums and art galleries of note. The Louis Tussauds Waxworks on Central Promenade is certainly Blackpool’s most read more

Plaster of Paris

Journal Home - FREE Blog Host | November 13th 2009

[A wax statue of Paris Hilton is one of the magnetism at the newly-opened Louis Toussaud's Waxworks in Thailand, the fifth international branch of the company (not to be muddle-headed with the more popular Madame Tussaud's). Image via Getty] read more

Ricky Hatton: Splashes £80k on copy of waxwork

Ricky Hatton | November 5th 2009 by The Online Ticket Shop

Ricky Hatton boxer was so knocked out by a lifesize waxwork of himself that he has ordered a replica.He needed to take it home when he unveiled it.Now the Hitman, 31, has paid £80,000 for a copy of the model on show at the Louis Tussaud's Waxworks i read more

What I watched this Halloween season

House of Mirth and Movies | November 2nd 2009 by Justine Smith

These are from viewings in September and October, all ‘horror’ however vague that term may be judging from my viewings. The stars mean I’ve already seen the film, the attempt at order is silly but I tried my best; 1. Black Christma read more

Night at the museum 2: battle of the smithsonian

Best movies reviews, trailers, pictures and latest gadgets | November 2nd 2009 by fabs

Night at the museum 2: Battle of the smithsonian Let me start saying that I love Ben Stiller I think he is hilarious but, commonly, when fictional characters in a moving-picture show are rectilinear, that’s not a pleasing thing. But in Night read more

Ad With Adolf ‘Unacceptable’

Luxique Luxury Travel | October 29th 2009 by luxurytraveller

A waxworks museum in a popular tourist area of Thailand has been forced to cover up a roadside billboard featuring a saluting Adolf Hitler. The poster, put up on the main road into the seaside resort town of Pattaya, was condemned by the country’s read more

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