I’m really looking forward to What About Dancing? at central London’s Garden Cinema on May 14.

The evening comprises screenings of three short films about grief made by artists/filmmakers/writers Tara Darby, Annie Frost Nicholson and Lara Haworth:

• Into Your Light (Darby and Frost Nicholson 2019)

• All The People I Hurt With My Wedding (Haworth 2019)

• Grief Is A Hungry Ghost (Haworth and Frost Nicholson 2023).

Afterwards I’ll be mediating an in-conversation and Q+A with the three filmmakers on their shared and individual approaches, as well as their current project The Triumphant Return of Harriet Frost.

Do come along. Details and tickets are available here.

Here’s the trailer for All The People I Hurt With My Wedding:

Tags: Annie Frost Nicholson, Garden Cinema, Lara Haworth, Tara Darby

//Annie Frost Nicholson with the Fandangoe Discoteca. Pic courtesy of anniefrostnicholson.com//

Next week sees the opening at London’s Canary Wharf of artist Annie Frost Nicholson’s Fandangoe Discoteca, the mini-disco installation where we can shake out our grief and help maintain daily mental health – the programme covers all intersections of grief from bereavement to climate angst to political rage to break-ups.

The design of the kiosk was inspired by De Stijl and Ettore Sottsass and holds up to eight dancers at a time.

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Tags: Amy Taylor, Annie Frost Nicholson, Black Star Liner, Bonzai, Canary Wharf, Dorothy, Fandagoe Discoteca, Guru, Harris Elliott Studio, Horace Andy, Inner City, Joe Smooth, Kid Loco, KLF, Lara Haworth, Le Tigre, Lil Yachty, Linnet Kamala, Mura Masa, Pet Shop Boyts, Raissa Pardini, Rebel MC, Rom Boyd, Stephe Hause, The Fall, The Fandangoe Kid, Timothy Wang, Viagra Boys, Wire

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In an in-conversation with British tailoring legend Mark Powell on his website we talk about the ways in which Mark is evolving his business all the while maintaining independence and individuality.

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I’m currently featured with four stylish blokes who are also in their 60s talking about clothing choices on menswear hub Mr Porter.

//Lagos striped shirt Post-Imperial; trousers Acne Studios; shoes Bass Weejuns. Photography Tami Aftab; styling Catherine Hayward//

//Souvenir jacket Kapital; Chinos Alex Hill; monkey boots Denson; bag Mr Freedom 1970. Photography: Tami Aftab; styling Catherine Hayward//

The article is headed Experience Required: Style Lessons From Men In Their Sixties and for the accompanying shoot I wore pieces by brands Acne, Alex Hill, GH Bass, Denson, Kapital and Post-Imperial.

The other participants are fashion entrepreneur Charles Aboah, model and vintage upcycler Herbie Mensah, designer/director Patrick Kinmonth and illustrator Stewart Walton.

Writer Fedora Abu put the feature together and the talented team includes photographer Tami Aftab and stylist Catherine Hayward.

Read the full story here.

Tags: Acne, Alex Hill, Catherine Hayward, Charles Aboah, Denson, Fedora Abu, GH Bass, Herbie Mensah, Kapital, Mr Porter, Patrick Kinmonth, Post-Imperial, Stewart Walton, Tami Aftab

British artist Paul Kindersley has produced a bewitching small publication which is available now from his Twitter account.

Shipwreck Of The Fake Fairies is 12 pages with 10 b&w illustrations and continues the themes of Kinderley’s recent work, including the performances Fake Fairy Fantasies and Ship Of Fools and his film The Burning Baby.

Limited to 100 in A5 format on 300gsm paper, each is signed and hand numbered.

Copies of Shipwreck Of The Fake Fairies are £10 each inc p&p.

For yours DM Kindersley at twitter.com/PaulKindersley.

Tags: Paul Kindersley, Ship Of Fools, Shipwreck Of The Fake Fairies, The Burning Baby

This blog has inspired the creation of yet another t-shirt series.

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Tags: Bad Seed, Billy Miller, Miriam Linna, Peel + Lift, Rock Roll Repeat

Arriving in a kinky sealed purple polythene envelope, If I Was Your Girlfriend: A Jam is the new publication which has been issued as a companion piece to last spring’s exhibition at London’s leading edge art space Belmacz.

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Tags: Belmacz, Craig Sinnoman, If I Was Your Girlfriend: A Jam, Jarvis Cocker, Joel Tomlin, Julia Muggenburg, Magdalena Drwiega, Michael Bracewell, Paul Housely, Paul Kindersley, Prince, Rebecca Arnold

I’m grateful to Peter Stanfield, media and arts professor at the University of Kent, for alerting me to these great images of members of Shakin’ Stevens’ backing band The Sunsets sporting T-shirts designed by the late Malcolm McLaren for sale in his shop Let It Rock at 430 King’s Road in the early 70s.

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Tags: 430 King's Road, Ace Skudder, Alasdair McLellan, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Let It Rock, London Rock 'N' Roll Festival, Malcolm McLaren, Man About Town, Olivier Rizzo, Peter Stanfield, Robert "Rockin' Louie" Lewellyn, Rock Rock Rock!, the 101'ers, Tony Britnall, University of Kent, Vive le Rock!

On February 5 I’ll be taking part in a conversation about the significance of the late art dealer Robert Fraser at Gazelli Art House, the London gallery currently hosting Robert Fraser’s Groovy Arts Club Band, the exhibition of works by 13 of the cutting edge artists he represented between the 1960s and 1980s.

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Tags: David Stephenson, Harriet Vyner, Josh Stapleton, Richard Hamilton, Robert Fraser, Robert Fraser's Groovy Arts Club Band, Swingeing London, Yuki Shima

What Men Wear is the self-explanatory title of a slim volume from the Fantastic Man gang which punches well above its weight.

Containing questionnaires with 50 men on their favourite garments, the book also presents long-form interviews with three of the fashion world’s leading figures: Italian designer Stefano Pilati, British designer Charles Jeffrey and retailer Paul Smith.

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Tags: Brown's, Caterine Milinaire, Charles Jeffrey, Charlie MacLean, Cheap Chic, Devendra Banhart, Fantastic Man, Fennica, Irvin Pascal, Orslow, Paul Smith, Stefano Pilati, What Men Wear