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Side of the curtain. by 1963, he was heading south to join the london academy of music and dramatic art. did it feel to you arriving from dundee by trade into the swinging �*60s, did it feel like a time and a place where a working class lad with talent had a fair shot? absolutely. it was so open in the �*60s, there was no side to anything. you were welcomed. all classes were welcome. and, you know, and there was a whole, there was a sort of feeling that we could be classless, we could be... meritocracy. but it's impossible not to instinctively contrast that with what we see when we look at...

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Would you describe yourself as a working—class lad? 0h, absolutely. totally. yeah. imean... and your interests were just the interests of ordinary people? yeah, iwas... my life wouldn't have been about culture at all. but what intrigues me is that you saw the potential for turning your passions and your interests, which were, you know, ordinary folks�* passions and interests, turning them into art. and on these walls, you know, we've got the subjects that really turned you on, like elvis presley, like wrestling, with this wonderful piece behind you, a sort of, in a sense, a sort of homage ...

And it seems you were seduced, in a way, by the bright lights that came with the new age of television, of pop music, of showbiz. what was it about this period — the 1960s — that really fired you up as an artist? i think, because i was a working—class youth, particularly when i was at gravesend, the other half of my life when i wasn't at art school would be going to professional wrestling with my mother and my aunt, going to speedway — i supported west ham speedway. football — i went to charlton athletic ground at the end of the �*40s. would you describe yourself as a working—cla...

Charlton athletic ground at the end of the �*40s. would you describe yourself as a working class lad? 0h, absolutely. totally, yeah. i mean, your interests were just the interests of ordinary people? yeah, iwas... my life wouldn't have been about culture at all. but what intrigues me is that you saw the potential for turning your passions and your interests, which were, you know, ordinary folks�* passions and interests, turning them into art. and on these walls, you know, we've got the subjects that really turned you on, like elvis presley, like wrestling, with this wonderful piece behind ...