CURRENT/FORTHCOMING

 

May 14 2024
Films of Tara Darby, Lara Haworth and Annie Frost Nicholson
Garden Cinema
Covent Garden
London
Panel host

After screenings of Into Your Light (Darby and Frost Nicholson 2019), All The People I Hurt With My Wedding (Haworth 2019) and Grief Is A Hungry Ghost (Haworth and Frost Nicholson 2023) I shall be in conversation with the three filmmakers on their shared and individual approaches, as well as their current project The Triumphant Return of Harriet Frost.

Details and tickets here.

June 16 2025
Granny Takes A Trip: Dreams & Darkness in London, Los Angeles & New York
White Rabbit
Book

This is the first and definitive history of the fashion label and series of boutiques operating under the Granny’s banner  between 1966 and 1980 in the three titular cities.

Fully illustrated, this deep dive into a sometimes dark story is enlivened by interviews with all the main principals including Freddie Hornik, the late Czech-British tailor who transformed the business into an international concern by opening the US bicoastal outlets and attracting custom from Keith Richards and Elton John to Marc Bolan, Rod Stewart, Miles Davis, the Isley Brothers and Jimi Hendrix.

EVENTS ARCHIVE

April 2024
Halbstark Baby-Baby Halbstark! Teenage Street Gangs In Switzerland 1962-1972
Kicks Books
Book introduction

I’ve provided the introduction to this stunning collection of moody and magnificent photographs by gang member Dieter ‘Igel’ Ehrlich of the teenage gal and guy greasers, roughnecks and ruffians who terrorised polite Swiss society in the 1960s.

Pre-sales, with the first 99 coming with a two-sided book bag, poster and switchblade comb, are available here.

February 2024
Phew, Eh Readers?
Nine Eight
Section quotes

Edited by Barney Hoskyns and Jasper Murison-Bowie of rocksbackpages.com, this book pays tribute to the late music writer and columnist Tom Hibbert with a selection of his bitingly funny work and reminiscences from friends, family and colleagues.

Each section is headed by on-the-nose quotes from an interview I conducted with Hibbert in 2001 for my first music press history In Their Own Write.

Read The Guardian’s Laura Snapes on Hibbert’s powerful journalism here.

 

November 2023
TON
Magazine issue

As a contributor to this exciting new interiors magazine launched by British columnist and designer Jermaine Gallacher in April, I have written about the Melbourne studio of Ethiopian/Norwegian artist Olana Janfa for the second issue of TON which is out in November.

Read Vogue US on TON here.

October 19, 2023
The Art School & The Look
Bonington Gallery
Nottingham NG1 4GG
In-conversation

To coincide with John Beck and Matthew Cornford’s current exhibition The Art Schools of The East Midlands I took part in this online event exploring the role of British art schools in shaping fashion, music and club culture.

September 30, 2023
Fashion and The King’s Road
Chelsea History Festival
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road
London SW3 4HT
In-conversation

I was in conversation with the great British designer Sue Timney about the importance of the King’s Road in the story of fashion, street style and popular music as part of the 2023 Chelsea History Festival.

Details and tickets here.

August 3, 2023
A Night of Conversation, Music & Libation
Reference Point
180 The Strand
London WC2R 3DA
In-conversation

I talked to the writer, photographer and author Mark C. O’Flaherty about Totally Wired, his experiences working for such magazines as Melody Maker and Boyz and the mainstream music press’s failure to cater to LGBTQ+ artists, readers and fans.

I also DJed a vinyl set of music-press related tracks.

July 26-30 2023
Fandangoe Discoteca
Wren Landing
Canary Wharf
London E14 4DA
Annie Frost Nicholson

Along with a number of artists and designers, I have created a ‘playlist for these interesting times’ which will be played as part of the artist Annie Frost Nicholson’s new installation the Fandangoe Discoteca.

This is a mini-disco designed by Nicholson as she bids farewell to her persona as The Fandangoe Kid. The Discoteca is a place where we can shake out our grief and help maintain daily mental health. The programme is curated by The Loss Project and covers all intersections of grief from bereavement to climate angst to political rage to break-ups.

The Fandangoe Discoteca moved on to public spaces in Milton Keynes in August and Berlin in September.

Full details here.

July 2023
Publication of the paperback of Totally Wired
Thames & Hudson

The paperback edition of my critically lauded book Totally Wired is out now from Thames & Hudson .

Order your copy from all good book sellers including Rough Trade.

July 6, 2023
Talking Totally Wired with Alexis Petridis
Walthamstow Rock N Roll Book Club
Wild Card Brewery
London E17 9HQ
In-conversation

I returned to the great Walthamstow Rock N Roll Book Club to talk to The Guardian’s head music critic Alexis Petridis about Totally Wired and his experiences as a writer and editor of such landmark music magazines as Mixmag and Select.

April 6, 2023
TON
Magazine launch

As a contributor to this exciting new interiors magazine launched by British columnist and designer Jermaine Gallacher in April, I have written two pieces about extraordinary interiors for the first issue: the homes of artist/designer and House of Beauty & Culture member Dave Baby and collector/dealer Paul Reeves.

Read Vogue US on TON here.

March 2023
In conversation with Mark Powell
Interview

In this conversation with British tailoring legend Mark Powell we discuss the ways in which he is maintaining his core values of independence and individuality.

Read the conversation here.

March 26, 2023
Barney Bubbles x Hipgnosis
Pop Up Presents Subculture
The Sub Rooms
George Street
Stroud
Glos GL5 1AE
In-conversation

I compared and contrasted the practices and working methods of Barney Bubbles and Hipgnosis with Mark Blake, author of the new book about the British design studio whose clients included Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and others, and writer and Pop Up organiser Ben Wardle.

Details and tickets here.

March 24, 2023
Totally Wired for Art & Politics
Imagine! Belfast Festival of Politics & Ideas
Oh Yeah Music Centre
Belfast BT! 2LG
In-conversation

I talked to the music writer and ex-NME staffer Stuart Baillie about my book Totally Wired and how the publications it covers engaged journalists and readers in the communication of vanguard artistic, political and socially aware ideas.

Details and tickets here.

November 6, 2022
Write Idea Festival
Bethnal Green Library
Cambridge Heath Road
London E 2 0HL
In-conversation

After three years, Write Idea Festival returned at a new venue to celebrate 100 years of Bethnal Green Library. I talked about the years of research which went into the making of my book Totally Wired.

Tickets are FREE here.

November 29, 2022
Totally Wired: The Rise & Fall of the Music Press
Thames & Hudson
Book

My history of the music press is published in North America on this day.

October 30, 2022
Totally Wired
Bound Art Book Fair
The Whitworth
Manchester M15 6ER
In conversation

I read from and talked about Totally Wired, focusing on the independent publications which incorporated the wider worlds of art and design into their coverage of music and are featured in the book,  from Ablaze!, City Fun and Girlfrenzy to Ben Is Dead and Raygun.

October 27, 2022
The Music Press
Magculture
270 St John Street
London EC1V 4PE
Panel event

I took part in this evening event which considers the past, present and future of the music press with Jeremy Leslie, who runs Magculture, London’s leading magazine outlet, as well as editors and writers of contemporary publications which feature music as a key element of their editorial mix.

October 2022
Experience Required: Style lessons from men in their 60s
Mr Porter Post
Interview/fashion shoot

I was among five men featured in Fedora Abu’s fashion story about personal style in our 60s, lining up with fashion entrepreneur Charles Aboah, model and vintage upcycler Herbie Mensah, designer/director Patrick Kinmonth and illustrator Stewart Walton.

There are also images of us in clothing of our choice. Photography is by Tami Aftab and styling by Catherine Hayward.

The feature is posted online here and appears in menswear hub Mr Porter’s print edition Mr Porter Post.

September 24, 2022
In conversation with Peter York
Walthamstow Weekender Festival
Trades Hall
Walthamstow
London E17
In-conversation

I  was in conversation with cultural commentator Peter York about Totally Wired at this, the first Walthamstow Weekender which drew together a stellar line-up from the worlds of books, comedy, film, music and poetry.

September 22, 2022
Totally Wired: The Rise & Fall of the Music Press
Thames & Hudson
Book

My history of the music press in Britain and America is published in the UK and countries around the world. The book focuses on the years 1950-2000, tracing the sometimes vital media sector’s roots to the launch of The Melody Maker in 1926 with an epilogue reporting on how the music press was atomised in the 21st century by various factors, including the onset of the digital era.

The 120,000-word book has many illustrations and tracks the most notable titles and journalists on both sides of the Atlantic with an emphasis on those – inevitably women, people of colour and the LGBTQ+ communities – whose contributions have up until now been marginalised.

Buy copies here.

September 16, 2022
by:LARM
Music festival and conference
Oslo
Norway
In-conversation

I talked to writer Lisa Blanning at the Nordic music festival and conference about the two music related books I am publishing this year – Totally Wired and The Wild World of Barney Bubbles – as well as my associations with musicians, performers and industry figures.

September 15, 2022
Tronsmo Bokhandel
Oslo
Norway
In-conversation

I was lucky enough to be invited to Tronsmo – described with justification by Allen Ginsberg as ‘the best bookshop in the world’ – to talk about The Wild World of Barney Bubbles with Norway’s prominent author and journalist Audun Vinger.

Autumn 2022
A Box Of Bubbles
Volume
Limited edition box containing book + folio of reproductions

A Box Of Bubbles is the limited edition companion to the Barney Bubbles monograph. Limited to only 500 copies, it is presented in a clothbound pink solander box, featuring a screen-printed design taken from Bubbles’ artwork for Ian Dury and The Blockheads’ smash hit single ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick/There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards’. The outer box design continues into the interior and the book itself, bound in a contrasting white cloth.

Included in the box with the monograph is a folio of exclusive reproductions of selected Barney Bubbles ephemera: a ‘Dome Sweet Dome’ geodesic dome; a make-your-own Glastonbury Fayre pyramid printed on reflective foil stock; a ‘Hankie Pantie’ screen-printed cotton handkerchief; a high-gloss ‘Do It Yourself’ three-colour sticker; and a stunning twenty-one piece reproduction of Bubbles’ ‘Galactic Tarot’ set.

Each edition is numbered and signed by me. Buy copies here.

August 2022
Oh Bondage! Up Yours! 
MacGuffin
Article

My contribution to the 11th issue of MacGuffin magazine – which takes the theme ‘The Chain’ – looked at how women in the punk era used the chain as part of their bricolage approach to personal style to express liberation and rebellion.

Copies of MacGuffin are available here.

July 30 2022
THE WILD WORLD OF BARNEY BUBBLES: Graphic Design & The Art of Music
Thames & Hudson
Book

The third edition of my Barney Bubbles biography + monograph is published around the world. The revised book features a new 16-page insert of previously unpublished artworks, updated author’s note and postscript and fresh contributions, including an essay by Seattle-based designer and podcaster Clarita Hinojosa.

Buy copies here.

July 23 2022
Grief Mixtape with The Fandangoe Kid
Soho Radio
Podcast

With fellow guest, writer Paul Flynn, I selected music which relates to grief and catharsis on this show hosted by The Fandangoe Kid, aka artist Annie Nicholson. Our choices ranged from Danny La Rue to Beverley Glenn Copeland via Bryan Ferry, Madonna and Kevin Rowland. Listen back here.

July 2022
Why the revolutionary Barney Bubbles should be canonised
Word In Your Attic
Podcast

Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and I discussed the life and work of Barney Bubbles with a show-and-tell of pieces of the design maestro’s artworks and ephemera.

Watch our chat here.

7pm June 23 2022
The Wild World of Barney Bubbles
Walthamstow Rock’n’Roll Book Club
The Barrel Store
Wildcard Brewery
Walthamstow
London E17 9HQ
In conversation

I talked to design expert and writer Helen Barrett about Barney Bubbles’ lifelong connection to music and the ways in which he became one of popular culture’s pre-eminent visual communicators whose influence resonates today.

6.30pm June 9 2022
Malcolm McLaren’s London Life
The London Society
Fora
33 Broadwick Street
Soho
London
In conversation

This London Society event centred on an an in-conversation with the writer Helen Barrett about the role the British capital played in the life of the late cultural provocateur Malcolm McLaren, and how he used the city as a playground for his creative endeavours.

View the discussion here.

7pm May 19 2022
The M!ss!ng L!nk: Barney Bubbles
Camden Art Centre
London NW3
In conversation + music

Ahead of the publication of my monograph The Wild World of Barney Bubbles, this evening about the late British designer included an in-conversation with artist The Fandangoe Kid, whose work focuses on creativity as catharsis.

March 17 2022
Leading men: The influence of male music and film stars on fashion and visual identity
Media department
University of Westminster
Harrow Campus
Lecture

My talk to students in the university’s media department focused on the significance of film stars and prominent musicians to the development of visual identity, fashion and street style, drawing on my work as a film journalist in Los Angeles and with such figures as Boy George, Goldie, Hedi Slimane and Sir Paul Smith.

December 11 2021 – May 2 2022
Subscribe: Artists and Alternative Magazines 1970-1995
Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition 

I worked with curators Solveig Nelson and Michal Raz-Russo as a contributor and consultant to Subscribe, which presented significant publications which  amplified marginalised voices, especially those of queer makers and makers of colour, and made room for them to question who and what was accepted as mainstream media. Around a quarter of the magazines on display were sourced from my independent and radical media archive.

November 4 2021
The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren paperback edition
Constable
Book

The enhanced, updated and revised edition of my acclaimed biography of the late cultural iconoclast contains new interviews and fresh info on McLaren’s adventures from his early, troubled family life in north London through radical politics and art schools in the 1960s to the worlds of fashion, music, media, politics and film in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s.

September 23 2021
Talking books and taking notes with Dave Haslam 
Walthamstow Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club
Walthamstow Trades Hall
23 Hoe Lane London E17 4RQ
In conversation

I talked books and took notes with DJ and author Dave Haslam as we chatted about, among other things, Dave’s series of small format books on subjects from Keith Haring to Courtney Love to Sylvia Plath and the Angry Brigade as well as my McLaren bio and previous books about The Face, Goldie, Boy George, Tommy Roberts and Barney Bubbles…

August 2 2021
Acme Attractions: In conversation with Jeanette Lee and Don Letts
The Social
London

As part of the Rough Trade Books Presents night of music, poetry, performance and chat I was in conversation with Jeanette Lee and Don Letts about Acme Attractions, the influential King’s Road boutique/cultural hub where they worked in the 1970s.

Summer 2021
Situation Vacant: Sex Pistols & Malcolm McLaren in London
Herb Lester Associates
Guide

Published to coincide with the 45th anniversary of the media frenzy building around the Sex Pistols  and their controversial manager Malcolm McLaren in the summer of 1976,  this guide presents two maps containing the key addresses for the musicians and McLaren, from childhood homes, schools, remand centres, police stations and art colleges to fetishwear emporia, squats, venues and subterranean Soho clubs.

Order your copy here.

April 22 2021
In-conversation with Toby Amies about The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren 
Highgate Cemetery
Online event

On the 11th anniversary of the interment of Malcolm McLaren I discussed the importance of Highgate Cemetery in the north Londoner’s life and his interest in Paris’s most famous necropolis which resulted in a fascinating but unmade TV project The Ghosts of Père-Lachaise with filmmaker and photographer Toby Amies.

Attendance is a fiver – register here or buy tickets direct from the cemetery here.

February 2021
Pink Lemonade with Rupert Orton on Totally Wired Radio
Podcast

I joined Rupert to discuss The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren and we played tunes relating to some of his wild adventures by the likes of Pink Floyd, New York Dolls, Television, Billy Fury, the Drummers of Burundi and Les Chats Sauvages.

Listen to the show here.

December 4 2020
Sound Opinions
Podcast

I talked about Malcolm McLaren’s engagement with music with rock critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot for their popular podcast which is broadcast to 125 public radio stations across the US.

Listen out for it here.

October 6 2020
Stone Island
Rizzoli
Book

My essay about Stone Island’s pop culture significance was included in this impressive history of the legendary Italian casual wear brand which is edited by the American fashion and style writer Eugene Rabkin.

More details here.

September 25 2020
A Different Tweed: Fashion conversations with Bronwyn Cosgrave
Podcast

On this episode of the style journalist and former Vogue features editor Bronwyn Cosgrave’s popular podcast we discussed the importance of fashion in Malcolm McLaren’s life.

Listen out for it here.

September 24 2020
A Cappella Books on Zoom
Virtual in-conversation/q&a

A conversation about Malcolm McLaren’s life and times with the Atlanta music journalist Chad Radford hosted by the city’s premier independent bookshop, A Capella.

More details here.

May 14 2020
The Library Is Burning: Malcolm McLaren’s life at Goldsmiths 1968-71
Bookseller Crow on the Hill
London
In conversation/Q&A/Book signing

I was supposed to be in conversation at south London’s leading independent bookshop about Malcolm McLaren’s attendance at the art school at south-east London’s Goldsmiths College between 1968 and 1971.

During this period McLaren repudiated painting – after showing mixed media works at the end of his first year – in favour of organising events, including the chaotic Goldsmiths Arts Festival, and making his ambitious but ultimately unfinished film The Story Of Oxford Street. All the while he was creating across several media, McLaren proved a disruptive presence at the college, from lobbing tomatoes at student union committee members when they were in session to even claiming that he burnt down the school library…

Illustrated with images including rare photographs of McLaren’s paintings of the period and a portrait of him by his fellow Goldsmith’s student Helen Mininberg, this promises to be a lively event.

This event was POSTPONED due to the pandemic.

May 4 2020
Rock’s Backpages Podcast
Podcast

A conversation about Malcolm McLaren’s lifelong engagement with music as well as his sometimes fraught relationship with the music press with Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle as a guest on their podcast.

Listen here.

April 29 2020
Malcolm McLaren: A Soho Life
Century Club
London
Talk

I was supposed to be talking at the central London club about the fourth-generation Londoner McLaren’s life in the capital and in particular his connections to Soho, which he first visited in the early 60s as an adventurous teen, haunting such coffee bars as Le Macabre, pioneering menswear outlets including Vince Man’s Shop and nightclubs such as Peter Rachman’s La Discotheque.
The illustrated talk will also cover McLaren’s penchant for Soho’s subterranean club culture of the 1970s – including such legendary nitespots as the Candy Box and Le Duce – and his decision to base himself in Shaftesbury Avenue during his stewardship of the Sex Pistols, his acquisition of their rehearsal space in Denmark Street and his later occupancy of number 25 Tin Pan Alley during the early 80s when he made the hit albums Duck Rock and Fans before leaving the city for a career as a Hollywood film producer.

This event was POSTPONED due to the pandemic.

April 23 2020
Malcolm McLaren: Life & Death
Highgate Cemetery
London
Talk

My talk on McLaren, who is buried in Highgate’s east cemetery, will cover his life as a Londoner and also his interest in cemeteries, not just Highgate and his connections to such fellow permanent residents as Karl Marx but also providing publicly for the first time details of the 1990s TV project The Ghosts of Père Lachaise, about the Paris necropolis.

This event was POSTPONED due to the pandemic.

April 14 2020
Word In Your Attic
Podcast

I talked about The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren and McLaren’s lifelong engagement with music from Victorian music hall through rock n roll, punk to square dancing, hip hop and opera as a guest of veteran journalists/publishers/authors Mark Ellen and David Hepworth and their pandemic version of Word In Your Ear, the live event and podcast organised

Watch our conversation about McLaren’s life in 10 objects here.

April 8 2020
The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren
Constable 
Book

“This masterful and painstaking biography opens its doorway to an era of fluorescent disenchantment and outlandish possibility” Alan Moore

Malcolm McLaren is one of the most culturally significant but misunderstood figures of the modern era. Ten years after his life was cruelly cut short by cancer, my biography is intended to shed new light on the public achievements and private life of this iconoclast and architect of punk, whose championing of street culture movements including hip-hop and Voguing reverberates to this day. With exclusive contributions from friends and intimates and access to private papers and family documents, this biography uncovers the true story behind this complicated figure.

The writer/performer/magician Alan Moore has written the introduction, having collaborated with McLaren on the script for the 1980s film project Fashion Beast, and the writer/curator Lou Stoppard’s essay provides a 21st century perspective on my subject’s achievements and enduring influence across popular culture.

Order your copy here.

July 3 2019
King’s Road: Quant to Punk
Lecture
Learning Centre
Victoria & Albert Museum
London, UK

My talk – with rare footage and images – was given as part of the study course London Life & Times: Medieval To Modern 1066-2000 at the V&A Learning Centre.

March 2019
Nick Lowe & The Hussein Jaguar
British GQ
Journalism

My feature on the strange connection between the British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe and a very special D-Type Jaguar made for King Hussein of Jordan appeared in the April 2019 edition of GQ magazine.

February 5 2019
Robert Fraser’s Groovy Arts Club Band
Gazelli Art House
Dover Street
London
UK
In conversation

I took part in this conversation about the art dealer Robert Fraser, who represented many cutting edge visual artists from the 1960s to the 80s, with Fraser’s biographer Harriet Vyner. The host was David Stephenson, co-curator of the exhibition Robert Fraser’s Groovy Arts Club Band at Gazelli Art House which coincided with the release of the vinyl double LP of the same name.

Details here.

September 23 2018
Pictures in Print
The Living Room
Unseen Amsterdam
Westergasfabriek
Amsterdam, Netherland
In conversation

I participated in this event at international photography festival Unseen Amsterdam which looked at contemporary magazine design and photography within a broader history of magazine publishing. Other speakers included Veronica Ditting, art director of the UK’s The Gentlewoman, and Salvatore Vitale, editor of Switzerland’s YET. The conversation was moderated by Michael Famighetti, editor of Aperture and took place at Unseen’s The Living Room, which brought together creatives and influencers from across the globe and was co-produced by the Barbican (UK) and the Tucson Center for Creative Photography (USA).

June 8 – August 22 2018
PRINT! Tearing It Up
Independent magazines changing the world
Terrace Rooms
Somerset House
London
UK
Exhibition + events

With Somerset House senior curator Claire Catterall I organised this exhibition which charted the evolution of progressive print publications and celebrated the current boom in innovative independent magazines.

Burying the belief that print is dead, the number of niche magazines is booming in Britain with the likes of gal-dem and Mushpit launching in the past decade. PRINT! Tearing It Up focused on the contemporary market of magazines, looking at the latest line of publishing pioneers, examining demand for print in a digital era and envisaged the future of these independent titles.

PRINT! Tearing It Up was staged at the Terrace Rooms, Somerset House, from June 8 to August 22, 2018. More details here.

July 28 2018
The Story Of The Face
In conversation
Bowling Green
Port Eliot LitFest
Cornwall, UK

Writer Miranda Sawyer interviewed me about my book The Story Of The Face: The Magazine That Changed Culture and the exhibition about independent magazines PRINT! Tearing It Up.

July 27 2018
Fiorucci
In conversation
Fashion Foundation
Port Eliot LitFest
Cornwall, UK

I was in conversation with design expert and author Dominic Lutyens about his interest in the pop art fashion empire run by the late entrepreneur Elio Fiorucci.

July 4 2018
King’s Road: Quant to Punk
Lecture
Learning Centre
Victoria & Albert Museum
London, UK

My talk – with rare footage and images – was given as part of the study course London Life & Times: Medieval To Modern 1066-2000 at the V&A Learning Centre.

June 14 2018
The Sound Not The Echo
Screening room
South Wing
Somerset House
Strand
London WC2R 1LA
Exhibition + events

Taking its title from British journalist and editor Tina Brown’s definition of the key factor in making a great magazine, this in-conversation was chaired by cultural commentator Peter York with contributions from me, as co-curator of PRINT! Tearing It Up, Bertie Brandes and Charlotte Roberts of Mushpit and fashion authority and educator Professor Iain R Webb.

January 8 – April 30 2018
The Story Of The Face x NYC
Sonos
101 Greene Street
New York
US
Exhibition + events

I curated this exhibition of original magazine covers and spreads, as well as photographic enlargements and material from The Face founder Nick Logan’s archive to mark the US publication of my book The Story Of The Face: The Magazine That Changed Culture.

The run of exhibition – which includes photography and articles on figures from New York’s creative community from Robert de Niro, Madonna and Chloe Sevigny to Philip Glass, Mobb Deep and James Chance – coincided with New York Fashion Week and International Women’s Day.

There were also events tied into the show, which was free to entry for visitors to the Sonos SoHo store.

January 17 – April 30 2018
The Story Of The Face x London
Sonos
21-23 Earlham Street
Seven Dials
London
UK
Exhibition + events

I curated this exhibition of original magazine covers and spreads, as well as photographic enlargements and material from The Face founder Nick Logan’s archive in the wake of the publication of my book The Story Of The Face: The Magazine That Changed Culture.

The run of the exhibition – which includes photography and articles on figures from London’s’s creative community from Jazzie B, Neneh Cherry and Chloe Sevigny to Sade, Siouxsie Sioux, Kate Moss and Damon Albarn – coincided with London Fashion Week and International Women’s Day.

March 8 2018
Fast Talks
ModaLisboa
Lisbon
Portugal
Discussion

I participated in the round table discussion Fast Talks about media and fashion at this event which kicked off Lisbon Fashion Week.

February 8 2018
Stories Of the Face
Sonos
100 Greene Street
New York
in-conversation

To coincide with my exhibition at the Sonos flagship store in New York’s SoHo, I hosted this in-conversation about the enduring influence of The Face magazine with photographer Janette Beckman, The Clash tour manager Kosmo Vinyl and DJ Noodles.

February 6 2018
Book signing party
Bookmarc
400 Bleecker St
New York NY 10014,
Event

At this special event, I signed copies of my book The Story Of the Face: The Magazine That Changed Culture at Marc Jacobs’ bookstore in New York’s West Village.

November 16 2017 – January 7 2018
Song Stories: Bowie in London
Sonos
21 Earlham Street
London WC2H 9LL
Exhibition + Map

To mark the opening of home leisure company Sonos’s first European store in London’s Seven Dials I curated a display of photographs of the late superstar taken in and around London by such photographers as Brian Duffy, Mike Maloney and Mick Rock.

Working with guide-makers Herb Lester Associates I also created a companion map of Bowie-connected addresses in central London. This is available from the outlet; the display is free to visit.

December 5 2017 – January 7 2018
Song Stories: Bowie x NYC
Sonos
101 Greene Street
New York
Display + Map

I organised a display of photographs of the late superstar taken in New York by such photographers as Bob Gruen and Mick Rock.

Working with guide-makers Herb Lester Associates I also created a companion map of Bowie-connected addresses in Manhattan. This is available from the outlet; the display, which is free to visit, is opened by an in-store conversation about Bowie’s influence with Meredith Graves, MTV News front person and member of Perfect Pussy, Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo, Mick Rock and Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe.

December 15 2017
Talk/Q&A
NewWerktheater
Oostenburgergracht 75
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Event

Organised by Amsterdam’s leading bookshop and magazine outlet Athenaeum, this evening event at the NewWerktheater was the Dutch launch of The Story Of The Face.

December 13 2017
In-store event
The Conran Shop
81 Fulham Road
London SW3
UK
Event

With The Conran Shop and Nick Logan, I hosted this evening to mark the publication of The Story Of The Face with drinks, book signings and “reminiscent sounds” from DJ Pippa Brooks.

December 4 2017
The Story Of The Face
Rough Trade East
Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL
Event

This event at one of London’s premier record shops included a book signing and presentation about my latest book.

November 2017
George Cox relaunch
Historical background

I worked with the classic British rock & roll  shoe brand – which introduced the creeper to the world in 1949 –  on providing historical context for its relaunch this autumn which includes a collaboration with Dover Street Market London.

Read my history of the company here.

November 28 2017
In Conversation with Chris Salewicz
Bookseller Crow
50 Westow Street
London SE19 3AF
Event

This in-store marking the publication of The Story Of The Face included an in-conversation with journalist, author and Joe Strummer’s biographer Chris Salewicz, who worked with Nick Logan on the NME and was an early contributor to The Face.
Tickets and details here.

November 23 2017
Book signing
Paul Smith
46-48 Beak Street
Soho
London
Event

This event was one of two collaborations regarding The Story Of The Face with Paul Smith, who has long been a supporter of my work. I signed copies of the book at his Soho store just around the corner from the location where Nick Logan launched The Face in 1980.

November 16 – 26 2017
Homme Libre
A22 Gallery
London
Exhibition

I was among the subjects of photographer Carla Borel’s exhibition of portraiture exploring themes of masculinity, strength and vulnerability.

More details here.

November 16 2017
The Story Of The Face: The Magazine That Changed Culture
Thames & Hudson
Book

This is the definitive story of one of the most important and influential publications of recent times.

My 352-page book tells the story of the magazine from Nick Logan’s launch with £3,500 savings in 1980 to the sale to Emap in 1999. During this period The Face became the taste-making focus for excellence across many disciplines, spawning dozens of glossy “lifestyle” imitators around the world and paving the way for the digital delivery of visual culture in the 21st century.

Order copies here.

November 16 2017
In Conversation with Nick Logan and Jeremy Leslie
LVMH Theatre
Central Saint Martins
Kings Cross
London
Event

To mark the publication of The Story Of The Face, Jeremy Leslie of London’s leading magazine outlet magCulture staged this event: a conversation between me, Leslie and the magazine’s founder/publisher Nick Logan. Ticket proceeds went to the Alzheimers Society.

Autumn/Winter 2017
Barney Bubbles x Fred Perry
Design collaboration

I oversaw this exciting collaboration with great British casual-wear brand Fred Perry for four limited edition t-shirts with four matching patches based on original artwork by the late graphic design legend Barney Bubbles. These are available online and via Fred Perry outlets around the world.

October 13 – November 11 2017
Run To Me: Derek Ridgers & Sam Jackson
Charlie Smith London
336 Old Street
London EC1V 9DR
Essay

I wrote the essay for the catalogue for this exhibition which brought together the work of painter Sam Jackson and photographer Derek Ridgers. Curator Faye Dowling said the show “celebrated the sacred ceremonies of excess, desire and experimentation which intoxicate our youth”.

More info here.
November 2 2017
ModMag 17
Conway Hall
London
Symposium

With magazine luminaries such as Bertie Brandes of Mushpit and John L Walters of Eye, I took part in a panel discussion on the state of independence in magazine publishing at this annual symposium.

October 27 2017
Punk Is Dead: Modernity Killed Every Night
ed Richard Cabut & Andrew Gallix
Zero Books
Essay + interview

This compendium of think pieces on the phenomenon of punk includes a revised version of my essay about the milieu of mid-1970s Chelsea, The Flyaway-Collared Shirt, and the transcript of a conversation with Richard Cabut about the influence of the late Malcolm McLaren.

More info here.

October 27 2017
Pop
Brian Griffin
GOST Books
Essay

I contributed an essay about Brian Griffin’s working relationship and friendship with the late Barney Bubbles to this exhaustive collection of the British photographer’s music-related work 1978-87.

More info here.

October 6 2017
The Story Of The Face
GQ UK
Journalism

My heavily illustrated article about the magazine which changed the culture is published in the November edition of GQ UK.

August 31 – September 23 2017
Barney Bubbles: Optics & Semantics
139 Lambeth Walk
Vauxhall
London UK
Exhibition

With gallerist Rob Tufnell I organised this special exhibition at Tufnell’s new space in Vauxhall; the show is themed around ‘The AC/DC Desk’, the post-modern furniture piece designed by Barney Bubbles in 1982. Optics & Semantics includes objects designed by Bubbles of an office or domestic nature such as a rug featuring his artwork loaned by Billy Bragg, letterheads for performers and businesses, a wall-clock, watches, a recipe book and The Ian Dury Cocktail Cabinet.

Full details here.

August 4- 18 2017
Barney Bubbles exhibition
9 Henrietta Street
Covent Garden
London UK
Curation

To coincide with the collaboration with Fred Perry, I organised an exhibition of artwork relating to the the designs used, including displays of rare badges, stickers, programmes, posters and record sleeves such as the two dozen-plus variants of the Do It Yourself LP released by Ian Dury & The Blockheads and 1960s photography and tickets relating to the award-winning ‘Knockout R+B Here Tonight’ poster.
Details to be announced shortly

July 5 2017
King’s Road: Quant to Punk
Lecture
Learning Centre
Victoria & Albert Museum
London, UK

My talk – with rare footage and images – was given as part of the study course London Life & Times: Medieval To Modern 1066-2000 at the V&A Learning Centre. More details here.

June 2017
The Safety Pin as fine jewellery
On The Rocks

The summer 2017 issue of the biannual magazine features my investigation into the incorporation of the safety pin in fine jewellery circles, from Cartier’s use in the 30s through Punk, street fashion and haute couture to contemporary practitioners such as Belmacz, Hannah Martin and Tom Binns as well as incorporation by leading stylists including Judy Blame.

June 2 2017
Das Spiel der Hoffnung
Screening/in-conversation
The Athenaeum
London UK
Invitation only

After the premiere of British artist Paul Kindersley’s new film Das Spiel der Hoffnung  I participated in an in-conversation and Q&A with Kindersley and Vienna-based performance artist/gallerist Salvatore Viviano.

March 23 2017
Before We Were Men: David Gwinnutt and guests 
Discussion/q&a/screenings
National Portrait Gallery
London
UK

I chaired a discussion between photographer David Gwinnutt,arts writer and curator Ian Massey and filmmaker John Maybury at this Late Shift event at the NPG. Jeffrey Hinton DJed and there were screenings of a selection of Maybury’s films.

More details here.

March 18 2017
Sartorial Style with Mark Powell
Study day
In conversation/q&a
Victoria & Albert Museum
London
UK

As a contributor to the V&A study day Sartorial Style I conducted an in-conversation with London tailoring legend Mark Powell and presented a talk about The Face magazine and the development of menswear in the 1980s and 1990s.

More details here.

March 2 2017
The Face
Lecture
Raw Print
The Lacehouse
Broadway
Nottingham
UK

I delivered a talk on my forthcoming book about The Face magazine at this monthly get-together of Raw Print, Nottingham-based celebration of independent magazine-making. Visit Raw Print here.

March 2 2017
A life and work in art, design, fashion & media
Lecture
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham
UK

I was invited by Matthew Gill, NTU lecturer in fashion communication and promotion, to deliver a talk to the school of art and design students about my life in art, design, fashion and media.

January 23 2017
Curating Style
Lecture
Northampton
NN2 6JD
UK

As part of Northampton University’s Futures Week I was invited by senior lecturer in design history & theory Will Hoon to talk about my practice in curating design, media and style online and in books, journalism, exhibitions and in my work with archives and collections.

October 27 2016
The Modern Magazine
Central Saint Martins
Granary Building
1 Granary Square
London NC1 4AA
Lecture

I participated in this annual symposium organised by design studio + retail outlet Magculture, talking about the history and significance of The Face magazine. The other speakers included Christoph Amend of ZEIT, Kirsten Algera of MacGuffin, Gail Bichler of New York Times Magazine, Penny Martin of The Gentlewoman, Kai von Ribenau of mono.kultur and the Ladybeard team.
Tickets and more info here.

September 13 2016
London Stories: The Mod
Second Home
68-80 Hanbury St
London E1 5JL
Conversation

The first in a three-part series of events, I joined DJ/scenester Jeff Dexter and host Bill Brewster to look at the beginnings of London club culture through the lens of one of the earliest and most influential style tribes – Mod. Tickets and more info here.

August 6 2016

Punk Fashion
Discussion
British Film Institute

After a screening of Julien Temple’s Sex Pistol’s documentary The Filth & The Fury I took part in a discussion about visual style and culture surrounding punk with fashion historian Amber Butchart and Jordan Mooney, the sales assistant in Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s shops at 430 King’s Road who became a fashion inspiration and role model.

July 1 2016
Derek Boshier: Rebel Rebel
Catalogue essay
This Is Today, Gazelli Art House

My essay on Derek Boshier’s engagement with David Bowie and The Clash – which accompanied the 2012 exhibition of the British artist’s work in this sphere at Pallant House Gallery – is reproduced in the catalogue for This Is Today, the exhibition held at London’s Gazelli Art House gallery in spring 2016.

Summer 2016
Magic Kingdom: Malcolm McLaren “Fashion Every Time”
Journalism
Man About Town S/S 16 issue

I worked with the editorial team at Man About Town, leading fashion photographer Alasdair McLellan and prominent stylist Olivier Rizzo on the extensive 52-page cover feature tracing Malcolm McLaren’s lifelong forays into fashion design, drawing on the extensive archive of rare and one-off pieces, some owned and worn by to the late cultural iconoclast, others from my own archive. I also provided a 5,000 word essay on McLaren’s significance in the realms of contemporary art, design and fashion.

July 2016
Eighty-Nine
Journalism

I contributed an overview on the late Malcolm McLaren’s engagement with art, design, music and media to the new US youth culture magazine from Citizens of Humanity.

June 29 2016
King’s Road: Quant to Punk
Lecture
Learning Centre
Victoria & Albert Museum
London, UK

I gave a 45-minute lecture  – complete with rare footage and images – as part of the study course London 1851-2000: Swinging London at the V&A Learning Centre. Other contributors include Robin Muir on John Deakin and Soho and Barry Curtis on the story of the capital’s music and arts scenes.

May 20, 2016
The legacy of Malcolm McLaren: The Clothes
Panel discussion
ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH

I took part in this panel discussion on the fashion legacy of the late cultural iconoclast Malcolm McLaren.

Chaired by Young Kim of the Malcolm McLaren Estate, the other participants were McLaren/Westwood’s design assistant Simon Withers and Ben Reardon, editor of Man About Town.

The panel was followed by the launch of Man About Town S/S 16 in partnership with specialist dealer Idea Books.

April 14 – 29, 2016
111 Interiors
Exhibition
Windows Gallery 1, Central Saint Martins, 1 Granary Square, N1C 4AA

As a speaker at Prof Ben Kelly’s ICA symposium Dead Or Alive – Interior Design, I was invited to contribute an image of an important interior to his exhibition at Central Saint Martins, and chose a 1972 David Parkinson photograph of a section of Patrick Casey and Malcolm McLaren’s redesign of the ground floor of 430 King’s Road as Let It Rock.

Find details of 111 Interiors here.

February 23 – April 16, 2016
The Conformist
Exhibition
Belmacz 45 Davies Street London W1K 4LX

Organised by artist Paul Kindersley, the exhibition drew its title from Bernardo Bertolucci’s cult 1970 film — a study in the conformist psychology of fascism — and brought together “artists, designers, writers, performers, utopians, outsiders, posers, perverts and other figures who have affronted or inverted the idea of ‘conformity’. By turns contemporary and arcane, gilded and abject, the exhibition celebrates those aspects of creativity that have skirted on the perimeter of the ‘mainstream’”.
I contributed exhibits, including works by the late cultural iconoclast Malcolm McLaren and photographer David Parkinson.

April 1 2016
Future Cities V Conference
Talk
University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, London SE10 9LS

I delivered the keynote talk at this, Greenwich University’s fifth annual conference on urban and architectural issues.

March 23 2016
Bowie x Fashion
David Bowie: Oooh Fashion!
SHOWStudio

I contributed an essay on the late David Bowie’s relationship with fashion designers in the 70s to this online project which also features a film by SHOWStudion’s Nick Knight of the 2003 shoot of Kate Moss in Bowie’s stage costumes for British Vogue

March 23 2016
The Conformist panel discussion
Talk host
Artreview Bar 1 Honduras Street London EC1

I am a contributor to this panel discussion about non-conformity in all its forms with The Conformist curator Paul Kindersley, musician Jah Wobble and journalist Lou Stoppard. This is an invite-only event.

March 16 2016
Fashion x Music
Talk
University of Westminster School Of Media, Arts & Design, Harrow Campus, Watford Road, Harrow, Middx

At the invitation of course leader Petsa Kaffens I gave a fully illustrated talk to UAL fashion journalism about the intersection of popular music and fashion and street style from the post-war period to the present day.

March 12 2016
A Pop Culture Treasure Trove: Freddie Hornik’s Granny Takes A Trip scrapbook
Journalism
GQ Style S/S 16

This extensive feature focuses on the scrapbook maintained by the late Freddie Hornik between his stewardship of the Granny Takes A Trip stores in London, New York and LA in the early 70s to his death in 2009.

February 23, 2016
Nicer Tuesdays
Talk
It’s Nice That

Punk, printing, photography and type were the themes of this months event from design site It’s Nice That. I discussed the Punk London map; other speakers included photographer June Calypso, graphic designer/writer Sarah Hyndman and graphic designer Fraser Muggeridge. Read more here.

February 15, 2016
Listed Londoner
Radio
Robert Elms, BBC London Live 94.9FM

I was chosen for this spot on the long-running popular BBC local radio station to talking about my London, the best bits and the most exciting places which figure in my personal history. Hear here.

February 12, 2016
Punk London: In The City 1975-78
Map
Published by Herb Lester Associates

This map is a collaboration with Herb Lester Associates – publishers of The Look Of London – detailing the important, surprising and little-known addresses relating to the 70s punk explosion in the UK capital, from seedy squats and derelict warehouses to music industry hqs, boutiques, record shops and market stalls.

Copies are £6 each from here.

November 23, 2015
Malcolm McLaren: A New Type Of Artist
Central Saint Martins
London N1
UK

This lecture to CSM  fine art students explored the importance of Malcolm McLaren’s art school education to his work across advertising, design, fashion, film, music and performance.

September 26 – November 14 2015
Eyes For Blowing Up Bridges: Joining the dots from the Situationist International to Malcolm McLaren
John Hansard Gallery,
Southampton University
UK

I curated with David Thorp this exhibition which examined the connections between a selection of politically and socially radical European figures of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Subjects included writer William Burroughs, Situationist International philosopher Guy Debord, artists Paul Chan, Asger Jorn and Malcolm McLaren and the British art group King Mob.

November 13 2015
Eyes For Blowing Up Bridges catalogue
John Hansard Gallery,
Southampton University
UK

The catalogue for the exhibition Eyes For Blowing Up Bridges at John Hansard Gallery includes a specially-commissioned memoir of McLaren by his art-school friend Fred Vermorel, an introduction by me, a foreword by John Hansard Gallery’s Ros Carter and Stephen Foster and an essay by David Thorp.

More details here.

November 13 2015
Eyes For Blowing Up Bridges panel discussion
John Hansard Gallery,
Southampton University
UK

I joined co-curator David Thorp, Jane Tankard of the University of Westminster and Barry Martin (Malcolm McLaren’s tutor at Goldsmiths College) for a discussion on the themes and content of the exhibition Eyes For Blowing Up Bridges and the influence and impact of the Situationist International movement.

More details here.

November 10 2015
Derek Boshier: Rethink/Re-Entry
Thames & Hudson US

US publication of the monograph of the eminent British artist Derek Boshier, providing an overview of his work from the mid-50s to the present day with 300-plus illustrations.

October 7 – November 7 2015
Derek Boshier: Rethink/Re-Entry
Works 1970s & Films & Collage 2014
Flowers Gallery
Cork Street
London
UK

With critic/curator Guy Brett I co-curated this exhibition of the exciting work Derek Boshier produced in the 70s, when his social engagement and provocative and political edge was reflected in pop culture and particularly paralleled in Punk, leading to his collaboration on CLASH 2nd Songbook with The Clash (having taught Joe Strummer at the Central School).

At this time Boshier had renounced painting in favour of other forms of expression. This show will incorporate collages, assemblages, prints, films and drawings. It will feature Boshier’s collaboration with David Bowie on the 1979 Lodger LP and his curation of the controversial group show Lives the same year at the Hayward Gallery which included an array of notable contributors from Barney Bubbles to Posy Simmonds.

There was also space dedicated to recent works in the lineage of Boshier’s 70s experimentation, including collage and films.

November 6, 2015
Be Reasonable Demand The Impossible
Central Saint Martins
Granary Building
London N1
UK

An evening of events to celebrate Malcolm McLaren’s disruptive spirit and punk culture to mark the 40th anniversary of the first Sex Pistols gig, at Saint Martin’s art school, then in Charing Cross Road, central London.

The screenings, talks and Q&As included an exclusive presentation of previously unseen footage of the outrageous early 80s catwalk shows created by McLaren with his fashion designer partner Vivienne Westwood as well as contributions from contemporary commentators and protagonists at the first gig, such as PIstols bassist Glen Matlock and director Daniel Kleinman, who was in Bazooka Joe, the headline band the Pistols were supporting on November 6, 1975, and produced a specially commissioned short film which discusses the truth behind the events of that fateful night.

More details here.

November 3 2015

Derek Boshier + David Bowie
Journalism, GQ UK

My feature examines the friendship and working relationship of Derek Boshier and David Bowie, which began with their collaboration with photographer Brian Duffy on the cover of Bowie’s 1979 LP Lodger, and took in Boshier’s portrait of Bowie as The Elephant Man, the projection of his painting The Dark Side Of Houston on the cover of 1983’s Let’s Dance and the commission for stage sets for a live tour.

November 2, 2015
Malcolm Mclaren Night
The Stage Door
Southampton
UK

I introduced a Malcolm McLaren Night at Southampton’s The Stage Door as part of the city’s Film Week.

The event includes screenings of the 1980 Sex Pistols mockumentary The Great Rock N Roll Swindle, McLaren’s 2010 filmwork Paris Capital Of the XXIst Century and a compilation of footage put together by the late cultural iconoclast in the 00s.

October 22 2015
British Design: Tradition and Modernity
Bloomsbury/V&A

I have contributed a chapter to this book which reflects on the V&A’s 2012 exhibition of the same name curated by Christopher Breward and Ghislaine Wood.

My essay outlines the achievements of the late Tommy Roberts, investigating the ways in which he applied considerable powers of invention, wit and style to some of London’s most remarkable retail sites: 60s psychedelic junk shop Kleptomania; early 70s Pop Art clothing and furniture boutique Mr Freedom; zany spin-off eaterie Mr Feed’Em; City Lights Studio, the first fashion outlet in London’s Covent Garden; 80s home-wares department store Practical Styling and, in the 90s and the 00s, furniture and object emporia TomTom and Two Columbia Road.

Order copies here.

October 17, 2015
Rebel Rebel: Derek Boshier
Isle Of Wight Literary Festival
Northwood House
Isle Of Wight
UK

With a presentation including rarely seen footage, photographs and sketches, I talked about the fascinating and diverse work of Derek Boshier to mark the publication of the monograph Rethink/Re-entry, touching on his engagement with popular culture by way of The Clash, Barney Bubbles and David Bowie, and examining the consistencies from his earliest Pop excursions to his latest filmworks.

October 8, 2015
In conversation with Derek Boshier
Flowers Gallery
Cork Street
London

To mark the publication of the monograph and the opening of the exhibition, Derek and I were in conversation at Flowers. There was an opportunity to meet and talk to Derek, he signed copies of the book until they sold out.

The event was free but booking was essential. Go here to reserve your place.

October 5 2015
Derek Boshier: Rethink/Re-Entry
Thames & Hudson UK

I am the editor of this monograph of the eminent British artist Derek Boshier, providing an overview of his work from the mid-50s to the present day with 300-plus illustrations.

David Hockney, Boshier’s confrere since their days together at the Royal College of Art, has written the preface.

Boshier’s work and life has encompassed fellow RCA students Pauline Boty, Peter Blake and Hockney, included album covers and stage-sets for David Bowie, a songbook for The Clash and been marked by an abiding political and social engagement across painting, film, photography, drawing, sculpture, print-making and teaching.

Rethink/Re-Entry includes contributions from such authorities as critic and curator Guy Brett, Tate Britain head of displays Chris Stephens and Prof Lisa Tickner, visiting professor at the Courtauld Institute. I have contributed an essay on Boshier’s work with musicians and performers.

October 3, 2015
Artist lunch with Derek Boshier
Chelsea Arts Club
London

I was in conversation with Derek Boshier as part of the Chelsea Arts Club artist lunch series. Derek and I talked about all aspects of his practice, and he signed copies of the book Rethink/Re-entry at this invite-only event.

September 23, 2015
In conversation with Leif Podhajský
Cover Club
Ace Hotel
London

This event in the Cover Club series investigating the creative aspects of album cover design examined the work of Leif Podhajský, whose design excellence has enhanced releases by such artists as Lykke Li, Tame Impala, Mount Kimbie, The Horrors and Kelis. I wasin conversation with Podhajský, discussing his career and design interests at this invite-only event for Ballantine’s.

September 10, 2015
Barney Bubbles at Out Of The Ordinary
Christie’s
South Kensington
London, UK

I co-ordinated the inclusion of four rare works by the late Barney Bubbles in this annual sale.

These included a clutch of Bubbles’ strange and unusual furniture designs – entitled The AC/DC Desk, The Ian Dury Cocktail Cabinet and The Tree Of Drawers – as well as his abstract painting The Rebel (signed ‘Sal ’81’).

I also contributed an essay to the sale catalogue on these pieces as well as a bookcase sold through Practical Styling, the central London home-wares outlet operated by Paul Jones and Tommy Roberts in the 80s.

See here.

August 12, 2015
À la mod: how the Jam and mod style transcended fashion
Journalism, The Guardian

Read my piece on the continuing stylistic influence of Mod on The Guardian’s men’s fashion pages here.

I discuss the appeal of Mod in fashion circles, the interest in The Jam exhibition About The Young idea and the history of the look.

August 4, 2015
David Bowie: His style story 1972-3
Journalism, The Guardian

Read my piece on the stylistic changes rung by David Bowie during the early 70s on The Guardian’s men’s fashion pages here.

I discuss his fashion collaborations with Freddie Burretti, Daniella Parmar and Kansai Yamamoto and talk about the Pin-Ups suit from City Lights Studio designed by Derek Morton.
July 2015
PRINT @ SHOWStudio
www.showstudio.com

The launch of SHOWStudio’s new series PRINT features an interview with me by editor Lou Stoppard about my magazine archive.

There is also a section dedicated to images from the archive, including front covers, spreads and ads.

Hear my conversation with Stoppard at SHOWStudio here.

View the selection from my archive here.