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31 July 2012

Documentaries: Up pops Tommy Roberts in Three Swings On A Pendulum (1967)

swing-tom1 — //Roberts, right, tries on a military greatcoat at I Was Lord Kitchener’s Valet//

Look out for an appearance by Tommy Roberts – subject of my new book – in the 1967 documentary Three Swings On A Pendulum, currently available for viewing (in the UK at least) on BBC iPlayer.

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19 June 2012

Mr Freedom + Kleptomania in Vogue and on the BBC as Tommy Roberts takes to the airwaves

Mr Freedom loveheart knickerbocker pinafore in sporting archive shots, Vogue June 2012 — //Mr Freedom 1971 design in archive selection, Vogue UK, June 2012.//

Ahead of Tommy Roberts’ appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Midweek and London Live 94.9’s Robert Elms Show tomorrow, there has been a flurry of media mentions of the mould-breaking boutiques with which he was involved.

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