The Tao of Bowie

‘I’m just a cosmic yob, I suppose.’ ‘I change every day. I’m not outrageous. I’m David Bowie.’ ‘I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir.’ Genre-hopping, gender-bending: Bowie has never been afraid to push the boundaries. Whether masquerading as an alien, a spaceman or a goblin king, this rock ‘n’ roll hero was a […]

David Bowie Is – now available in paperback. Originally published to accompany the ground-breaking exhibition at the V&A, this is a revised edition of the only book to be granted access to Bowie’s personal archive of performance costume, ephemera and original artwork. The book traces Bowie’s career from its beginnings in London, through the breakthroughs […]

Celebrate legends who changed the world by singing along to rhyming ABC lullabies. Join David Bowie on an alphabet journey from Brixton boy to Ziggy Stardust and global icon. A is for the album, Aladdin Sane, A ’70s legend of rock music fame. B is for Brixton, and Bromley, too, Childhood homes, where Bowie grew. […]

Following open heart surgery, poet and writer Peter Carpenter was given one instruction – ‘Walk, if you want to stay on this planet’. And so when his hero and inspiration David Bowie died in 2016, he knew what he had to do. The man who was to so many a companion and guide had left […]