"3 times Sue Longhurst . me with the knife.... hippy and his girlfriend. ( looking like George Harrison) .the black guy (from the Frank Yerby job.).. can't remember who I used for the fat man...all very 60s looking.(dope smoking etc)..."
05 March 2022
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20 January 2022
James Leasor - HarperCollins/Grafton
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| HarperCollins 1989 |
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| Grafton 1990 |
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| HarperCollins 1992 |
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| Grafton 1993 |
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| HarperCollins 1992 (my clipping) |
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| Grafton 1993 |
06 January 2022
"The Pillow Fight" serial by Nicholas Monsarrat (Woman`s Own 1965)
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| 13th March 1965 |
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| 13th March 1965 |
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| 20th March 1965 |
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| 20th March 1965 |
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| Original artwork. Model - Maggie Loraine |
21 November 2021
An Illustrator's Life in Sixties London
"London was the centre of the music scene of the time. England bands became worldwide stars and there was an amazing explosion of musical talent, with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones at the front. Music was everywhere.
Pop Art was also going strong.
... David Hockney appeared at the art shows in a gold lame jacket and showed paintings of Celia Birtwell and Ozzy Clark, who had a shop in the King's Road. Michael Chow's restaurant in Knightsbridge had paintings by Jim Dine, Patric Caulfield, R.B. Kitaj and Eduardo Paolozzi on the wals.
Allen Jones had some 3D chrome-plated women's breasts in the Meridiana next to a Coca-Cola logo, which was changed to Cosa-nostra by Harry Peccinotti, as well as a sculpture by Paolozzi on the terrace upstairs. Everywhere you looked you saw seriously good art on show.
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| 60s Fashion 1965 |
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The rag trade was booming too. Carnaby Street opened up selling trendy gear and the King's Road became magnet for thousands of people on Saturday afternoons...
I remember seeing Keith Richards in Alvaros wearing a black Spanish hat and the round black sunglasses with a sheepskin on his shoulders and a large German iron cross on his chest.."
Illustration Magazine #36 / Summer 2013
16 November 2021
An Illustrator's Life in Sixties London: The Italians
Top (L-R): Enzo Apicella, restaurateur Walter Mariti at the Meridiana, Roy Pegram. In the camera lens: Rosie and Michael Johnsons. Bottom (L-R): Avril Pegram, Adriana Di Coppola and GiannettoCoppola 
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We all lived in Chelsea or Kensington and they knew all the Italian restaurants and their owners, who in turn became my friends as well - Mario and Franco at the Terrazza. Walter Mariti and Enzo Apicella at the Meridiana, Alvaro and Dante at the Aretusa Club and Mara and Lorenzo at the San Lorenzo...
In those days that area of London was relatively cheap.
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Top (L-R): Renato Fratini, Enzo Apicella, Giannetto Coppola Bottom : Enzo Ragazzini |
Renato Fratini became godfather of my youngest daughter [Rebecca] and we often all ate together, along with Gino D'Achille, Pino Dell'Orco, Enzo Ragazzini, Giannetto Coppola and Adriana Di Coppola and of course Enzo Apicella, who was very social and, because he was a restaurant owner and designer, we were invited to new restaurant openings.
Through him, I met people such as Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and Robert Raushenberg, as well as Christine Keeler, photographer's models and a few film people.
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| (L-R): Giannetto Coppola, Unknown, Pino Dell'Orco, Renato Fratini Clara Fratini |
We worked hard all day, but spent a lot of evenings in restaurants.
I had and arrangement with Walter Mariti at the Meridiana where he would choose a painting at an agreed price. I then would sign the bills until it was paid off.
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| From Illustrators #4/Summer 2013 |
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| Graphic designer Germano Facetti (top) and Enzo Apicella |
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| Penguin Books designer Germano Facetti |
We also went to clubs such as Annie's Room, occasionally Ronny Scott's and Tramps, and of course to the Aretusa, with another different mix of people."
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| Enzo Ragazzini |
Illustration Magazine/Summer 2013/ Issue 36
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| Illustration for Woman's Own 1965 Model Maggie Lorraine |
Above: The interior of the Tiberio Restaurant in Curzon Street designed by Enzo Apicella.
05 October 2021
Mills and Boon (Unauthorised editions)
All the covers were taken from the previously published women's magazines.
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| 1967 |
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| 1964 |
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| 1973 |
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| 1968 |
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| 1969 |
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| 1974 |
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| 1973 |
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| 1967 |
23 July 2021
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