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28 Sept 2026

Go Ape Crazy: On the Role of King Kong in Malcolm McLaren's Imagination

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Malcolm Mclaren and Vivienne Westwood:  'Exposé: Punk Rock Sex' T-shirt (Seditionaries 1978) Image via: metmuseum.org     King Kong,...
26 Sept 2026

On the Sexual Objectification of the Black Male Body à la McLaren and Westwood

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Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood:  'Naked Footballer' T-shirt (SEX, 1975)  Image via:  bonhams.com     By the end of the sevent...
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23 Sept 2026

On Valerie Solanas's Place in the Punk Imagination

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Valerie Solanas (1936-1988): photo by Fred W. McDarrah (1966)   'You're Gonna Wake Up ...' (Scum version)   Sleeveless shirt des...
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22 Sept 2026

I Groaned With Pain ... On Malcolm McLaren's Obsession with Alexander Trocchi's Erotic Fiction

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  Alexander Trocchi (1925-1984): Photo by Marvin Lichtner (1967)  'I Groaned with Pain' shirt design by McLaren-Westwood for SEX (19...
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25 Apr 2026

She's Dead I'm Alive I'm Yours: The Story of Who Paid Sid's Bail

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She's Dead I'm Alive I'm Yours (feat. Sid Vicious)  Malcolm McLaren & Vivienne Westwood  Seditionaries (1978)     I.    Cre...
5 Apr 2026

An Easter Message: Britain Must Go Pagan!

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Image based on a photo from the Vivienne Westwood Archives Instagram: @thewestwoodarchives (10 Jan 2023)     I.    Some people are continui...
20 Mar 2026

Dark Thoughts on the Light House

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48 Berwick St., London, W1  lighthousesoho.com     I.    To the Light House!   For Virginia Woolf, this phrase didn't merely reference a...
4 Feb 2026

God Save Joe Orton

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Joe Orton anachronistically wearing a  Seditionaries Prick Up Your Ears T-shirt in a photo by George Elam (1967)    'The kind of peopl...
3 Feb 2026

Notes From the Gutter on Joe Orton's Fur Coat and the Seditionaries Prick Up Your Ears Shirt

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Joe Orton's fur coat and the  Seditionaries Prick Up Your Ears shirt [1]      I.    In January 1967, Joe Orton's theatrical agent, P...
29 Jan 2026

In Praise of the 1% Who Don't Fit in and Don't Care

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Anarchist Punk Gang muslin shirt  McLaren & Westwood (Seditionaries, 1979) Image via bonhams.com       I.  These days, the 1% typically ...
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