From Birmingham to Soho: The Rise and Fall of John Darby
Who is this man? In grainy footage from John Lindsay’s 1973 documentary The Pornbrokers, we catch a glimpse of someone…
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…
Peter Theander 1941-2023 (part one)
On good authority, I have been told that Rodox Trading/The Color Climax Corporation co-founder Peter Theander passed away last week….
For export, only: George Harrison Marks goes hardcore
It was not uncommon for Britain’s pornographers to produce hardcore films for the European market. Both George Harrison Marks, a…
“A cute individual” – Ivor Cook
On the morning of 5 October 1962, Detective Sergeant Marshall of the London Metropolitan Police was granted a warrant to…
The Hardcore Dustman
In the 1950s, a new type of bookstore began to appear in Soho, with pin-up magazines on display in the…