Tomorrow I’m a guest of historian Amber Butchart at London’s National Film Theatre for a conversation and q&a about Punk fashion with her special invitee Jordan Mooney, SEX and Seditionaries superstar and inner member of the Sex Pistols circle.

I’ve put together a presentation from my archive to run during our chat, including images of Jordan’s striking series of visual personae and slides showing how the designs by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood at 430 King’s Road were regularly featured in the fashion and national press from the early 70s to the time of Punk later in the decade.

//Selection of Let It Rock designs showcased in a May 1972 issue of The Sunday Times Magazine. Photos: Hans Feurer. Paul Gorman Archive//

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Tags: 19, Alasdair McLellan, Amber Butchart, Caroline Baker, Hans Feurer, Honey & Vanity Fair, Jordan Mooney, Julien Temple, Karl Stoecker, Man About Town, Michael Roberts, National Film Theatre, Nova, Olivier Rizzo, Sex Pistols, Sunday Times Magazine, The Filth & The Fury

//1964 promotional shot of Screaming Lord Sutch//

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Tags: Addie Isman, An An, Chuck Berry, Diana Crawshaw, Hans Feurer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Let It Rock, Little Richard, London Rock N Roll Show, Masayoshi Sukita, My Monster In Black Tights, Paradise Garage, Peter Clifton, Screaming Lord Sutch, Sunday Times Magazine, Tony Barrell, Ugly Things, You're Gonna Wake Up One Morning And Know What Side Of The Bed You've Been Lying On!, Yvonne Gold

//Laurie Cunningham in bespoke suit and tie of his own design aged 17, 1973. Photo courtesy Dermot Kavanagh//

I’m not a football fan; I loved playing when I was in my 20s and 30s and as a kid followed Liverpool FC avidly but my interests have long lain elsewhere.

But there is one football book that deserves publication in my view: Dermot Kavanagh’s Different Class, which explores the life and cultural significance of Laurie Cunningham, one of England’s first professional black soccer players.

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Tags: Dermot Kavanagh, Different Class, Laurie Cunningham, Leyton Orient, Real Madrid, Sunday Times Magazine

//Laurie Cunningham in bespoke suit and tie of his own design aged 17, 1973. Photo courtesy Dermot Kavanagh//

Journalist Dermot Kavanagh’s project to celebrate the life and achievements of the late soul boy footballer Laurie Cunningham moves apace; if you have the opportunity, listen to Kavanagh talking to BBC London 94.9’s Robert Elms today.
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Tags: Dermot Kavanagh, Elthorne Estate, Laurie Cunningham, Real Madrid, Robert Elms, Sunday Times Magazine, Tony Nwachukwu, Yemisi Blake

//Laurie Cunningham aged 17, at Brisbane Road, home to Leyton Orient FC, 1973.//

In 1989, footballer Laurie Cunningham’s life was cut short by a car crash on the outskirts of Madrid. He was 33 years old.

By that time Cunningham had notched up a series of sporting firsts which resonated through the wider culture: a teenage signing to east London team Leyton Orient, Cunningham was the first black player to represent England (in 1977 as an under-21, scoring a winning goal against Scotland) and the first Englishman to play for Spanish giants Real Madrid (in 1979).

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Tags: 1977, Archway, Brian Glanville, Dermot Kavanagh, Fred Astaire, George Petchey, Islington, Laurie Cunningham, Leyton Orient, Real Madrid, Sunday Times Magazine, West Bromwich Albion

Thanks to photographer David Reed for this portrait of Tommy Roberts and John  Paul in much satin finery in the office hallway above their Mr Freedom boutique at 20 Kensington Church Street in 1971.

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Tags: 1971, David Reed, John Paul, Kensington Church Street, Mr Freedom, Nova, Radio Times, Sunday Times Magazine