Book_Art_Blog — retro
Book Review: Bedsit Land: The Strange Worlds of Soft Cell by Patrick Clarke (British Pop Archive No. 1, Manchester University Press)
1980s Book Review Music history retro
Nobody who listens to Soft Cell could be in any doubt that their upbringings in Northern seaside towns, the art school years in Leeds, and then later on the shift to London and time in the then-deeply hedonistic New York, stamped an indelible mark on both the men and their music. This book explains exactly how and why that was, via witness testimony and well-known history.
Book Review: 70s House by Estelle Bilson (Kyle Books, 2023)
1970s Barbara Hulanicki biba Book Blog Book Cover Art Book Review retro seventies vintage
Looking back it now, so much of the 70s just looks like really good fun. What’s not to love about a fondue party, lava lamps, flamenco dolls, hedgehog cakes and prawn cocktails?