A Talk on the Life of Lionel Bart

In the Sixties Lionel Bart was the epitome of cool. His legendary parties were always full of celebrities of the time like John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Judy Garland, Michael Caine and Noel Coward, who would usually end the evening standing around Lionel's piano singing along with the host to cockney music hall numbers. His songs, including Little White Bull and Big Time, topped the charts and he was the musical genius behind the hit musical Oliver! But his fall from grace was as dramatic as his ascent, and he ended up an impoverished alcoholic living in shabby obscurity — a cautionary tale relayed in a fascinating new biography Fings Ain't What They Used to Be by David and Caroline Stafford.

David and Mary will be signing copies of their book after the talk.

In the Sixties Lionel Bart was the epitome of cool. His legendary parties were always full of celebrities of the time like John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Judy Garland, Michael Caine and Noel Coward, who would usually end the evening standing around Lionel's piano singing along with the host to cockney music hall numbers. His songs, including Little White Bull and Big Time, topped the charts and he was the musical genius behind the hit musical Oliver! But his fall from grace was as dramatic as his ascent, and he ended up an impoverished alcoholic living in shabby obscurity — a cautionary tale relayed in a fascinating new biography Fings Ain't What They Used to Be by David and Caroline Stafford.

David and Mary will be signing copies of their book after the talk.

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