London’s St Martins School of Art has moved from it’s old home on Charing Cross Road to King’s Cross. I attended St Martins in the 1970’s, we spent a lot of time plotting the ‘revolution’ in nearby Patisserie Valerie cake shop, drawing, listening to music, taking drugs, obsessing about art and what to wear, dancing at Rock n Roll nights at Lyceum Ballroom – and thinking we could rule the world.
I just saw the brilliant Alexander McQueen show at the Met (he went to St Martins), so did Gilbert & George, Antony Gormley, Steven Jones, Paul Smith Joe Strummer, MIA and so many more. Those cold drafty studios in Soho spawned a lot of talent over the years.