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Rosemary and I were in Paris for the opening of the The Beat Generation show at the Centre Pompidou on June 20th. I had initially hoped that, because of the show’s location in Paris, it would show the Beat Generation … Continue reading →

Cuba is in the news these days with visits from the Pope, Barack Obama and the Rolling Stones, all of which I hope will loosen up the one-party state and pave the way for truly democratic elections (something which few … Continue reading →

Rosemary and I had a proper holiday – a brief one – and spent a week with an old friend of mine in southern Spain, near Almeria; Spaghetti Western territory. Dave and Linda live kilometres from anywhere, in a small … Continue reading →

Next day there was James Birch’s Brigitte Bardot opening at Dadiani Fine Art on Cork Street but BB didn’t show up, sadly but not unexpected. The paparazzi, or is it paparazzo who took the pictures in the first place in … Continue reading →

At the beginning of June I met up with Michael ‘Surrealist’ Woods to have a look at the photographs my Harry Diamond that are preserved in the National Portrait Gallery. It’s always fun going backstage, and the NPG is no … Continue reading →

Today there was a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Poets of the World / Poets of Our Time poetry reading at the Albert Hall of 11 June 1965. Claire Leavey put on a nice event at the Roundhouse … Continue reading →

It has been some time since I updated this blog. In the last four months a lot has happened. My old friend Hoppy died on January 30. I had known him since 1960 – 55 years ago – when I … Continue reading →

Back from the States, via Toronto, and straight into the London speed of things which is considerably quicker than the Kansas speed of things. I did a BBC-TV shoot for a programme about banned records, specifically the BBC’s ban on … Continue reading →