Paul Gorman

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In search of Laurie Cunningham, flamboyant footballer + north London soul boy

//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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John Stephen: Progenitor of a custom-built design movement

“One day, ‘Carnaby Street’ could rank with ‘Bauhaus’ as a descriptive phrase for a design style and design legend.”

Ken and Kate Baynes, Design, August 1966.

Today is the seventh anniversary of Westminster Council’s dedication of a plaque in Carnaby Street to the late fashion retailer John Stephen, the 60s media darling dubbed “The £1m Mod” for his entrepreneurial success and flamboyant lifestyle (houses in Cannes and Milan, a white Alsatian named Prince who dined with him at his regular table at Mirabelle).

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Man About Town LA issue

Teaser trailer for Hedi Slimane’s Man About Town LA issue, featuring Kenneth Anger, John Baldessari, Beck, Larry Bell, Chris Burden, Dave Grohl, Henry Hopper, No Age, Gus Van Sant, Gore Vidal, Wavves + Brian Wilson.