Before I worked in advertising, I used to know a musician named Finn Barber. He'd had a minor hit early on in his career in some rockabilly outfit but now toured the UK and Europe in a twelve-piece rhythm & blues band playing lead guitar. Seven or eight years older than me, Finn had a knack for always finding the zeitgeist, the moment. He was an unlikely champion for Drum & Bass and an early advocate for ecstasy, passions he shared freely alongside real-ale and the novels

The last months of actor Hywel Bennett in a Deal pub living on a diet of pork chops and alcohol, as recounted by writer and antique dealer Old Coves.

The first name might sound like a crumbling country pile in England, not one of a long forgotten American pop photographer of the...

I acquired this vintage fiberglass Bogart figure on a trip to France recently. As a dealer, it's not something I would normally buy but...