Category Archives: Movie(s)

“VD is for everybody”

By Dr Petra | Published: 3 November, 2010

Tweet There’s been a lot of interest online today about a 1969 Public Service Advert – ‘VD is for everybody’, which shows a range of people who could have a sexually transmitted infection. You can see it here: Having been flagged up on Boing Boing debate has centred on whether the advert was counter productive [...]

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Ten love songs from the musicals – with love to you on Valentine’s Day

By Dr Petra | Published: 14 February, 2010

TweetWhat better to enjoy Valentine’s day than some romantic songs? I’m a bit of a Musicals fan so here are a selection of love songs for you to enjoy and share. Predictably since they are songs from the shows they’re about love and passion, but also about loss and pain. Still, if you’ve not had [...]

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“Twilight Success” – I invented that

By Dr Petra | Published: 11 November, 2009

Yesterday I discovered I’ve been quoted about the book/film Twilight in a Dutch newspaper. The journalist who wrote it must have been psychic, because they never interviewed me for the piece. And I can’t work out where the information they attributed to me came from. Must be the mysterious effect fictitious vampires have on the media. Read on for a creepy tale of supernatural journalism…..

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