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Patti Smith says deathbed promise to Robert Mapplethorpe led to memoir series

The singer was speaking to Dua Lipa, who is curating the London Literature Festival.

Evening Standard · Oct 25

Muscles, metrosexuals and male tears: the 39 pictures that changed the way we see men (for good and for bad)

From a body-building Arnie to a weeping Frenchman, these 39 groundbreaking images have upended assumptions about how men behave, dress and project power

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17

‘I’m not into leather at all!’: John Wood on privately photographing Glasgow’s gay underground, and the comparisons with Robert Mapplethorpe

He was a telecoms engineer by day – and documented the Scottish city’s leather scene by night. Now the 79-year-old has opened his erotic archives and received his first ever solo exhibition

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17

The life-affirming gospel according to Patti Smith

Patti Smith, once again, shows us a better way to be ourselves

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2025

‘How should I cast my soul?’ Patti Smith’s intimate new memoir is a quest for her true self

Patti Smith’s new memoir, Bread of Angels, arrives on a significant date. On November 4, 1946, Smith’s artistic soulmate and first true love, the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, was born. Forty-eight years later, on the same day, her “king among men”, beloved husband and fellow musician, Fred “Sonic” Smith, died…

The Conversation · Nov 3, 2025

From Prue Leith to Romeo Beckham and Lucy Bronze, London fashion week is hard to beat

Through line of current London scene is female creativity and leadership – and weekend’s headliners were all women

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2025

Royal favourite Emilia Wickstead trades demure daywear for bold colour and balloon hems

The Princess of Wales’ go-to designer swapped minimalism for maximalism while Anna Wintour sat front row.

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2025

Defiance, desire and devastation: Patti Smith’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As the punk poet prepares to tour and reissue Horses for its 50th anniversary, we count down the best of her rich, rabble-rousing work

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025

Doris Lockhart Saatchi obituary

Collector who transformed the UK art market in the 1970s and 80s, establishing the Saatchi Gallery with her then husband, Charles

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2025

From I Know What You Did Last Summer to Washington Black: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

The 90s slasher franchise is back from the dead and looking for revenge, and Sterling K Brown shines in a new historical epic

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2025