Martin Sharp
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shops and a pizza restaurant, which has retained Madame Astafieva’s mirrors and practice barre as a feature on the first floor.
Sharp shared this remarkable domicile with some remarkable people, including Eric Clapton (who moved in not long after Sharp did), Germaine Greer, filmmaker Philippe Mora, artist Tim Whidborne, prominent London “identity” David Litvinoff (later an adviser on the production of Nicolas Roeg’s Performance), writer Anthony Haden-Guest (author of The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco,and the Culture of the Night) and Martin’s friend Robert Whitaker, photographer of choice for many leading rock groups on the scene, including The Beatles. Whitaker was already famous/infamous for the controversial “butcher” photo used on the original cover of the Beatles’ album Yesterday and Today.
Many years later, Sharp recalled the story of his meeting with
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