Bitterness Personified

Oldshowbiz is the essential Tumblr account of comedian turned author and astute show business historian Kliph Nesteroff devoted to “Showbi...

Recently watched: Friday Foster (1975). Tagline: “Her name is Friday, but you can love her any day of the week!” An irresistibly trashy...

/ Tally Brown photographed by  Francesco Scavullo in 1969 / "... but the most magnificent, inimitable fräulein is the zaftig s...

A few days ago, I scored the obscure oddity Sentimental Eartha (1970), widely regarded as sultry atomic-era chanteuse Eartha Kitt’s s...

I’ve been pretty damn privileged to have met many of my favourite artists over the years. If only digital cameras or camera phones had exist...

/ And God Created ... Brigitte Bardot / Happily, my jinxed period at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern has definitely has come to an end – thi...

/ Gail and Jasja (aka Sparkle Moore and Cad van Swankster, the proprietors of London's most chi chi vintage clothing emporium The Gi...