July 12th 1972 – The Penguin Science Fiction Covers Of David Pelham (1)

David Pelham has insisted that he’s dissatisfied with his cover for 1972’s first Penguin Books edition of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange. With Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of the novel generating both ticket sales and public debate, the rights to a paperback edition of the book all but guaranteed healthy sales. But with that came […]

June 22nd 1972 – Fantastical Movies To See In Central London

If you were wanting to book a seat for a fantastical movie in the (somewhat) more upmarket cinemas of central London during the coming seven days, you had but five options. At the Warner West End in Leicester Square, Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange was still playing. The film had debuted in the UK on February […]