Totally Wired by Paul Gorman was published in paperback on 6/7/23 Post author By Maggie Hanbury Post date 5 July 2023 Categories In News A raucous yet reflective look back at the evolution of the music press and the passionate rock and pop journalists who defined the music of the 20th century. Totally Wired is the definitive story of the music press on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing the rise and fall of the creatively fertile media sector which […]
Thoroughly Modern by Sarah Knights was published on 8/6/23 Post author By Maggie Hanbury Post date 25 May 2023 Categories In News One of a handful of outstanding British photographers of her generation, Ker-Seymer’s work defined a talented, forward-looking network of artists, dancers, writers, actors and musicians, all of whom flocked to her Bond Street studio. Among her sitters were Evelyn Waugh, Margot Fonteyn, Cyril Connolly, Jean Cocteau and Vita Sackville-West. Barbara Ker-Seymer (1905-1993) disdained lucrative ‘society’ […]
Bandit Country by Jamie Reid was published on 8/6/23 Post author By Maggie Hanbury Post date 25 May 2023 Categories In News Welcome to an after-dark world of new money, hedonism and excess. A world of luxurious nightclubs where racketeers, gamblers and glamorous women mixed with entrepreneurs, bunny girls, politicians and policemen. Bandit Country is a gripping, atmospheric true-crime noir. It is the story of Britain’s 1960’s gambling boom, as the country emerged from years of hardship […]