london transport museum
I will be hosting an evening of conversation with the Museum’s Director Sam Mullins about the new book Underground – How the Tube shaped London – on Monday 29th October. We will be joined by Sam’s...
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andalucia
Back in my spiritual heartland of Cadiz. Our village feels very different out of season, lazy and austere, very spartan but beautiful, many things closed, quiet and sombre, so rather like it was when I...
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mick the fish
The legendary Mick the Fish, my next door neighbour and noted gourmand, is finally sharing his remarkable culinary skills with us all. He is a splendid amateur cook which you would know if you had been...
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maude’s cupcakes
my lovely maude baked 100 cupcakes today for tomorrow’s sale of lovely merchants – they taste great, but are little consolation for my football team losing again.
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venice
Currently freezing but extremely happy, as light snow falls from the slate grey skies in one of my favourite places on earth. Boats for buses, canals for roads and the feeling that it could still be...
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tales from the two puddings
Appearing at the wonderfully atmospheric Bishopsgate Institute this wednesday 30th January, interviewing an East End legend Eddie Johnson about his book Tales From The Two Puddings. He was governor of...
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coming up at the v & a on friday 19th April, I will be joining in the discussion on how Bowie has influenced myself and lots of other devotees. should be a great event, but you need to book in...
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london transport museum
Join me and the expert panel who selected the 150 exhibition posters, for an evening of conversation and film during which the panel explain how and why these posters made the cut, and also reveal...
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in conversation with suggs
I am in conversation on sunday with my old mate and camden town lad Suggs from Madness; he has written an autobiography ‘That Close’, which is a fascinating look at his life both before and during the...
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My wife Christina is part of a sale on Friday, she will be displaying her photographic wares, cards and prints, while Maude is baking one of her legendary cakes. There will be lots of other stuff...
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london transport museum
I shall be talking to Leon Daniels, who is responsible for looking after our wonderful bus system – the most used public transport mode in London and the UK’s largest bus service. During the evening...
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32 londoners
Tonight I will be taking part in 32 londoners; -There are 32 pods on the London Eye. -Each pod represents one of the 32 London boroughs. -Place in each pod an enthusiastic speaker strongly associated...
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20 years
20 years today that I have done my show, you can listen to the live show from ronnie scotts between 12 noon and 3pm. I am immensely proud of such a relationship with such a city. My life’s work.
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The Way We Wore
THE WAY WE WORE It’s back. For a few years now I’ve had a stream of people asking where they can get a copy of The Way We Wore, the street style memoir I wrote back in 2004, and rather frustratingly...
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what to wear on a cycle
You’ve got to look good on a bike. When I first fell in love with cycling, it was the style and élan of the men and the machines that really appealed. To read more…….
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the way we wore
The Way we wore is now available again as a proper physical book, made of paper and everything. Read all about it here… http://autharium.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/
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out with the old in with the new
My greatest sadness as a parent of three now nearly adult kids, is that I’ve never been properly appalled by what they wear. It has always been portrayed as one of the rites of parental passage that...
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