The Good Old Days
“As part of an ill-judged tour, the band was booked into the Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, an unlikely venue for ‘the sound of the underground’”.
More from the good old days to come.
Columns
- The Long Goodbye 04/10/08
- Creature from the deep 09/08/08
- Going Out for a Chinese 10/05/08
- Papa’s Got A Brand-New Bag - Keith Richards & Louis Vuitton 22/03/08
- Futurist Cuisine 15/03/08
- Lover’s Marmite 16/02/08
- La Danse on Piccadilly 09/02/08
- 39 Steps for Birthday Delight 19/01/08
- Beardsley at Dulwich 05/01/08
- Tasty narratives 22/12/07
About the Author and Illustrator
Christopher Hirst is a freelance journalist who lives mostly in south London and occasionally in North Yorkshire. In 2005, he was Glenfiddich Food Writer of the Year and runner-up in 2007. He is currently writing a book about the experience of cooking with his wife (aka Mrs W) which is due to be published by Fourth Estate next May.
Lucinda Rogers is an illustrator more commonly known for reportage drawing and specialises in drawing cities, in particular New York and London’s East End where she lives. In July The Independent published her drawings of scenes at the Hop Farm Festival. New east London work will appear in the next issue of Case da Abitare magazine.