Author Archives: Miles

I finally managed to see the Goya Portraits at the National Gallery, and what a show! He shows how a person’s features mirror their personality and mental state; even in official and royal portraits you get a real sense of … Continue reading →

26 December 2015 A new year blog, well almost. On December 15th, I went on Pete Paphides show on Soho Radio. http://www.sohoradiolondon.com/member/pete-paphides This is a fabulous little outfit, next door to the Soho Primary School on Great Windmill Street. We … Continue reading →

          I wonder if I have ever written about rabbits? When I was a kid, my parents bred rabbits, we always had a hundred or so that my father sold in town to butchers and contacts … Continue reading →

Yesterday (4 December) there was a flurry of snow on Oxford Street. Everyone on the pavement stopped and looked up, astonished, as it was a warm day, about 14 degrees, and it is unusual for snow to make it to … Continue reading →

In Manchester for another Ginsberg ‘Howl’ event; an all-day symposium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first reading of ‘Howl’, held at Wander Inn, a venue that I at first thought must be a hotel, but which turns out … Continue reading →

I took part in a panel discussion to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the first reading of Howl, by Allen Ginsberg, which originally took place at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on 7 October 1955. The event was a … Continue reading →

I have been writing an essay on the Counter-Culture for the catalogue of an exhibition to be held next year at the Victoria & Albert Museum called ‘You Say You Want A Revolution’: Records and Rebels- 1966-70: 10th September 2016 … Continue reading →

I’m trying to remember what has happened since I last posted a blog. I filmed a segment for a BBC-TV documentary called “Psychedelic Britain” on June 25th, upstairs in the King and Queen pub, just down the street from me … Continue reading →