Here is a personal ad that ran on the first page of the London Times in early 1961. I came across this while doing research for my recent novel. I wonder if he got any replies.
An authentic plea to escape the rat-race? Or as someone suggested to me, was he looking for an older well-off dame or fellow to make his life cushy?
A short reading from Bruce Robinson’s recent book about Jack the Ripper, a fascinating and at times horrific account, and a passionate indictment of the appalling conduct of the Victorian upper class that was the backdrop for the Whitechapel murders.
Robinson is most famous as the director of Withnail and I. I recommend this book and his novel The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman.
His passion and wit come through in this reading.
While writing my recent novel, What is the Chance?, I needed to understand how music publishing worked in the 1960’s, both in the US and the UK. Everyone has heard stories of unscrupulous producers/agents/publishers/moguls ripping off unsuspecting artists. After digging into the details, I can easily see how that happened.
Here’s a piece that gives a good view of the process – from a lawyer with a bit of wit.
Joel E. Turner - Fiction and Other Things 