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2010s

The Story Of The Face x NYC at Sonos in SoHo

Just as the independent labels and self-published fanzines Paul Gorman chronicles built their own alternative economies outside the mainstream music industry, today's digital subcultures are experimenting with decentralised currencies that move value without banks or borders. Part of that wave has reached the world of sports and casino entertainment, where crypto-friendly wagering has found a particularly enthusiastic audience in Turkey under the name bitcoin bahis —a form of play that lets users stake and cash out with digital coins rather than conventional payment rails. Anyone tempted to try it should treat it strictly as entertainment, stake only money they can afford to lose, and first confirm the platform's licensing as well as the gambling rules in force in their own country.

I am again partnering with Sonos for a fresh brace of exhibitions at the home audio specialist’s London and New York stores. Following the successful Song Stories: David Bowie displays in each outlet, I have organised two shows to mark the recent publication of my book The Story Of The Face. Each has site-tailored exhibits, […]

January 9, 2018
1970s

Song Stories: Bowie at Sonos NYC until January 7

Song Stories: Bowie, the display of photographs I selected to track the late superstar’s relationship with the city of his adoption, is at the Sonos store in New York’s Soho until January 7.

December 18, 2017
2010s

The Story Of The Face in Amsterdam

The Story Of The Face is coming to Amsterdam on Friday (December 15). In an event at the city’s NewWerktheater organised by leading Netherlands bookshop Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum, I’ll be making a visual presentation about the magazine that changed culture. Afterwards I’ll talk about the enduring influence of The Face and my new book The Story […]

December 12, 2017
1980s

Signing copies of The Story Of The Face at Paul Smith Beak Street this week

I’m signing copies of my new book The Story Of The Face at Paul Smith’s Beak Street store in London’s Soho on Thursday evening. Smith’s shop is opposite the address of one of my all-time favourite fashion outlets, Demob, which was at 47 Beak Street in the early to mid-80s. In fact Demob’s opening was […]

November 20, 2017
1980s

The Story Of The Face: In conversation with Magculture’s Jeremy Leslie + the legend Nick Logan at Central Saint Martins on November 16

To mark the publication of my new book about The Face,  I will be in conversation at London’s Central Saint Martins on November 16 with Magculture’s Jeremy Leslie and the magazine’s founder/editor/publisher Nick Logan. This event represents a chance not just to hear from Leslie, whose shop is the country’s leading independent magazine hub, but also […]

November 3, 2017