This week we are giddy with excitement to welcome one of our longtime, beloved authors to the show: Simon Doonan. Writer, bon vivant, fashion icon and renowned TV judge - Simon's memoir Beautiful People was turned into an acclaimed BBC series, he's also the author of Eccentric Glamour, Gay Men Don't Get Fat, and many more. He's also a judge on the TV shows America's Next Top Model and Making It. His latest book is a biography of the artist Keith Haring. We talked to him about the wonders of retail, the glamour of James Bond, Iris Murdoch's fashion sense and Dawn Powell's alcoholic aquarium. More about Daisy's new podcast Daisy is Insatiable HERE.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Simon Doonan - Beautiful People

Simon Doonan - Eccentric Glamour

Simon Doonan - Keith Haring

Philip Norman - Jimi Hendrix: Wild Thing

Paul Trynka - Brian Jones

Keith Richards - Life

Luis Bunuel - My Last Breath

Keith Haring - Journals

JP Donleavy - Ginger Man

Ian Fleming - Goldfinger

Germaine Greer - Female Eunuch

Holly Madison - Down the Rabbit Hole

Judith Krantz - Scruples

Rona Jaffe - Best of Everything

Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls

Grace Metalious - Peyton Place

Craig Brown - Ma'am Darling

Craig Brown - One Two Three Four

David Bailey - Look Again

Viv Albertine - Clothes, Music, Boys

Cherie Currie - Neon Angel

Eve Babitz - Eve’s Hollywood

Brian Kellow - Can I Go Now: Sue Mengers

Sam Wasson - Big Goodbye: Chinatown

Robert Evans - Kid Stays in the Picture

Ira Levin - Rosemary’s Baby

Paul Mendez - Rainbow Milk

Iris Murdoch - Flight From the Enchanter

Judith Watt - Penguin Book of Fashion Writing

Patrick Dennis - Auntie Mame

Steve Martin - Shopgirl

Eve Babitz - Black Swans

Dawn Powell - Time To Be Born

Dawn Powell - Locust Have No King

Olivia Laing - Trip To Echo Spring

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