I was a punk. Christmas 1976. So not the very first wave but right at the beginning. The rock world was ruled by giants; super groups who turned their backs to the audience, both symbolically and figuratively. Stars like Rod Stewart, escaping his North London roots for Hollywood and Britt Ekland. Mick Jagger from bad boy group The Rolling Stones partaying with Princess Margaret on the island of Mustique, detailed weekly in the Nigel Dempster column. Bowie, so electrical when he first appeared… Continue

1. A home restaurant you will sit with people you don't know.

2. You get seconds.

3. You eat what you are given. No choice.

4. The hostess may come and get drunk with you afterwards.

5. If I'm tired you have to get up and get it yourself.

6. You get to look at my cheap toiletries (Tesco value shampoo and Indian £ shop conditioner) and my dodgy 80's record collection (but you also get to see my black and white photographs of my travels which are for sale).

7. Nobody… Continue