Miss Martindale
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Marianne Martindale (also known as Catherine Tyrell, Mari de Colwyn, Mary Scarlett and Mary Guillermin[1]) is an English writer and columnist.[2] As Miss Martindale, she was a prominent public face of Aristasia,[3] an all-female subculture inspired by the Traditionalist School and early twentieth-century culture.[2]
Activities[edit]
From 1982 to 1992 Martindale was one of the leaders of the Silver Sisterhood group based in Burtonport, County Donegal in Ireland. That group is known for creating early text adventure video games such as Bugsy[4] and Jack the Ripper,[4] the first game to be given an '18' rating.[4][5][6]
Martindale co-founded the Wildfire Club publishing house and edited a collection of stories titled Disciplined Ladies.[2] From 2003 to 2005, Martindale wrote the Ladies' Column in The Chap magazine and was Aristasia's media representative. She discontinued this in accordance with the Bridgehead Doctrine, which discouraged Aristasians from publicly commenting on "foreign" (i.e. Earth) culture and politics.[7]
Beliefs[edit]
Martindale received national attention in the British press in the 1990s for her advocacy of corporal punishment.[8][2] Martindale's recorded statements and interviews made clear her belief in discipline as spiritual and purifying.[9]
Martindale always maintained that, as an Aristasian, she was neutral on matters of "Tellurian" (i.e. Earth) politics. Martindale is a royalist and imperialist, but with loyalty only to the Aristasian monarchy and empire.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Martindale was convicted of assault in 1993 for the caning of a young woman at St Bride's, the residence of the Silver Sisterhood.[1] Martindale was featured in a 2022 BBC Radio Ulster podcast about St Brides, in which she describes herself as working currently as a marriage therapist in California and having adopted an adult son and two of his friends.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Huddersfield Daily Examiner, https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/history/goddess-worshipping-womens-cult-once-25553157
- ^ a b c d e "Miss Kinky Denies Right Wing Smear" Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, This is Local London
- ^ Aristasia is a feminine version of the Greek word aristos, which means 'the best'.
- ^ a b c "The Mystery of St Bride's". No. 142. "GamesTM". December 2013. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Jack the Ripper Review", Sinclair User, January 1988
- ^ "Dracula unbound: The story behind the first 18 certificated video game". Eurogamer. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015.
- ^ Operation Bridgehead Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopaedia Aristasiana
- ^ "Who Is Miss Marianne Martindale?". Article featuring quotations from articles on Martindale in the British national press.
- ^ Rosie Millard (3 March 1995). "Whips? Canes? Silly Monkeys! - Life and Style". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ McKay, Conor (29 October 2022). "Assume Nothing - The Secrets of St Brides, Episode 4: The Headmistress". BBC Radio Ulster.
External links[edit]
Official[edit]
Media[edit]
- Miss Martindale is interviewed by Toyah Willcox
- A Weekend at Miss Martindale's – Channel 4 documentary, aired 1996. Part I, Part II, Part III.
- Interview with Miss Martindale from the time she was Aristasia's media representative.