Introducing the Under the Counter archive
I am delighted to announce the Under the Counter archive is finally accessible at the Bishopsgate Institute in London. One…
David Waterfield on the Frost Report
As previously reported, cinema club pioneer David Waterfield passed away on 31 May 2024. On the 28 October 1973, one…
“Ma business is pussy” John Jesner Lindsay Interview
Throughout his career, John Jesner Lindsay gave a number of interviews. Never one to shy away from the spotlight, Lindsay…
Roller A-Z: Climax Films/Climax Original
Without doubt, Climax Films was Britain’s most prolific roller label and perhaps the most significant 8mm pornography brand in the…
David Waterfield 1943-2024
On Sunday night I was informed that David Waterfield had died. Waterfield’s ex-wife Patricia Clark told me that he had…
Pornography in Denmark: A New Approach (1970)
Last weekend I was fortunate enough to be invited to talk about small gauge adult films at the annual Offscreen…
Investigating the Illicit
I recently wrote a chapter for inclusion in my recently published edited collection Media Materialities, which investigates the production of…
The backroom
Bookshops emerged in Soho during the 1940s. The innocuous term ‘bookshop’ was a convenient cover; these shops specialized in selling…
Roller A-Z: Cherub
Cherub is one of the rarer roller labels. I first saw mention of it in Kinsey’s catalogue, identifying seven films…
Peter Theander 1941-2023 (part two)
Here’s part two of the Peter Theander interview, taken from Gordon Schindler’s A Report on Denmark’s Legalized Pornography. In this…