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Tag: Nick Kent

1940s

Word In Your Attic: Around Malcolm McLaren in 10 objects

Tomorrow night (April 14) I was supposed to be appearing at London’s regular event Word In Your Ear, the live successor of the much-missed The Word magazine founded by publishing titans Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. In the era of social distancing Mark and David have come up with the online Word In Your Attic, […]

April 13, 2020
1950s

‘What goes into a Continental Keyhole?’ How Malcolm McLaren conjured the name ‘Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols’ from the seamy 50s and 60s Britporn mags strewn around 430 King’s Road

In October 1974 Malcolm McLaren conjured an unusual group name for four young musicians who congregated at his shop at 430 King’s Road. At the time the transition from the premises’ previous incarnation as Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die to Sex was nearing completion; in fact the teenagers Paul Cook, Steve Jones, […]

February 10, 2020
Blokes of Britain

Blokes Of Britain: Chris Salewicz

NAME: Chris Salewicz RESIDES: London OCCUPATION: Writer Chris Salewicz is a neighbour and friend. My admiration for his work harks back more than three decades, when his words shone from the pages of the NME. As detailed by In Their Own Write, this was no mean feat since Salewicz was part of the formidable team […]

June 16, 2011