//The poster was designed by Adam Ant (then Stuart Goddard) before the Pistols were added to the bill. Courtesy Daniel Kleinman. No reproduction without permission//

The poster for the Sex Pistols’ first performance (on November 6 1975 in the Common Room of St Martin’s School Of Art in central London’s Charing Cross Road) has been found after 40 years – and it doesn’t even mention them!

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Tags: Adam Ant, Bazooka Joe, Be Reasonable Demand The Impossible, Bill Smith, Central Saint Martins, Danny Kleinman, Hampstead Town Hall, Hornsey College Of Art, Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, Mark Tanner, Robin Chapekar, St Martin's School Of Art, Stuart Goddard, the 101'ers

//Students modelling the McLaren tour t-shirt. Photo: Matthew Cornford//

Art schools are places of possibilities, which is one of the reasons we chose the title Be Reasonable Demand The Impossible for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Sex Pistols gig at Central Saint Martins in London’s King’s Cross this Friday (November 6).

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Tags: Central Saint Martins, Glen Matlock, Jeremy Till, John Beck, Matthew Cornford, Sex Pistols, The Art School & The Culture Shed, University Of The ARts London

//”I have always considered myself a gentleman…” McLaren in magician mode in a 2001 TV advert for Virgin Upper Class//

Tomorrow (November 2) I am introducing a Malcolm McLaren film night at Southampton’s The Stage Door as part of the city’s Film Week.

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Tags: Bob Gruen, Bootzilla Orchestra, Duck For The Oyster, Duck Rock, Fans, House Of the Blue Danube, John Hansard Gallery, Paris, Paris Capital of the XXIst Century, Sex Pistols, Southampton Film Week, The Great Rock N Roll Swindle, The Stage Door, Virgin Upper Class, Waltz Darling

On November 6 1975, the Sex Pistols made their live debut in the refectory of Saint Martin’s School Of Art in London’s Charing Cross Road before an audience of around 20 people.

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Tags: Al McDowell, Bazooka Joe, Caz Facey, Central Saint Martins, Daniel Kleinman, Glen Matlock, Jeremy Till, Joe Stevens, Sebastian Conran, Sex Pistols, Vivienne Westwood

Lucky Los Angeles; later this week there is a special screening of Zara Hayes’ recent film about Derek Boshier, which was shown as part of the What Do Artists Do All Day? strand.

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Tags: BBC, Christopher Finch, Night Gallery, What Do Artists Do All Day?, Zara Hayes

“Anyone who has wondered how the Britain of utility furniture and wartime rationing managed to evolve into Cool Britannia will find this a remarkable book.”

Elizabeth Guffey, State University of New York at Purchase

My case study Tommy Roberts: From Kleptomania To Two Columbia Road forms a chapter in new book British Design: Tradition And Modernity After 1948, which is published by Bloomsbury Academic tomorrow (October 22).

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Tags: Bernat Klein, British Design: Tradition And Modernity After 1948, Cheryl Buckley, City Lights Studio, Fiona Andersen, Henry Rothschild, Janine Barker, Jon Wealleans, Kleptomania, Mr Freedom, Owen Hatherley, Practical Styling, Primavera, Thomas Heatherwick, TomTom, Two Columbia Road

Earlier this year I participated in a symposium on interior design and pop culture at London’s Institute Of Contemporary Arts.

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Tags: Alice Rawsthorn, Andrew Wilson, Barber Osgeby, Ben Kelly, Bridget Smith, David Toop, Fred Deakin, Jana Scholz, Lucy Mackenzie, Michael Bracewell, Peter Saville, Peter York

//Marx, the Great Gear Market, 85, King’s Road, Chelsea, 1979. Photo: Salvador Macasil//

In the histories of London street style, Kenny MacDonald’s King’s Road outlet Marx receives rare mention, yet from the mid-70s this unusual and tucked-away boutique was important in the development of the type of English tailoring-with-a-twist which has subsequently dominated a strand of menswear around the world.

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Tags: Acme Attractions, Boy, Futurama, Great Gear Market, Hoofer, Jah Wobble, Jeanette lee, John Lydon, John Wardle, Kenny macDonald, Marx, Peel + Lift, PiL, Pinto, Public Image Ltd, Salvador Macasil, Tom Salter, Trickers

//Top: Anarchy Shirt designed by Malcolm McLaren + Vivienne Westwood, 1976. Worn by Sex Pistols acolytes Jordan (Pamela Rooke) and Simon Barker for performances and TV appearances by the group. Private collection. Above left: screening room for Paris Capital Of The XXIst Century, Malcolm McLaren, 2010; right: vitrines and monitors in gallery 2. Photos: Steve Shrimpton//

Hope you enjoy this selection of installation shots from the exhibition Eyes For Blowing Up Bridges: Joining The Dots From The Situationist International To Malcolm McLaren, currently wowing visitors to Southampton’s John Hansard Gallery.

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Tags: Alexander Trocchi, Asger Jorn, David Thorp, Guy Debord, John Hansard Gallery, Jordan, King Mob, Liverpool John Moore's University, Paris Capital of the XXIst Century, Simon Barker, Situationist International: John McCready Archive, Steve Shrimpton, William Burroughs

//Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette share a selfie in the auditorium before this year’s BAFTAs. Photograph: www.sarahmlee.com/BAFTA/Sarah M Lee//

Exposure: BAFTA Reportage is the title of an exhibition of Sarah Lee’s photography opening at Leica’s studio in London’s Mayfair tomorrow.

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Tags: BAFTA, David Harewood, Eddie Redmayne, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Leica, Maisie Williams, Patricia Arquette, Sarah Lee, Taylopr Wessing, The Guardian, The Observer