Uriah was also known as George Spence which I did not know until Rubyfoot mentioned it a few logs back. He joined us all at Big Biba when we moved from Westbourne Park , and cleaned the offices at Derry and Toms as well as our space on the roof garden. The legend was that […]
I was still in a trance sitting in the Biba offices reception admiring the surroundings, when Steve Thomas greeted me. A tall handsome amiable man with a fifties vibe he led me through a kind of workshop on the ground floor. This was the merchandising department and glancing around I saw many people busy with […]
After posting my cookery drawing from an early 70′s Petticoat magazine which was originally posted on Emmapeelpants blog, I dug out this old illustration from the late 70′s. By now I was in Toronto and working for various magazines. I have kept this drawing and the response to the Art Director it provoked although I […]
My freelance life began on a dining room table in my flat working on a makeshift drawing board propped upon a book. I was relieved not to have to travel two hours a day To work anymore and it meant I had more time to cruise the local junk shops and jumble sales. As well […]
Through a friend of a friend, Mick and I found a flat in Muswell hill north London which was not far from Wood Green but a much nicer place. The flat was in a crumbling Edwardian three story house typical of Muswell Hill. There were many of these houses and almost all had been converted […]
