Back in 1977 my brother and I went to London for the first time without our parents. And amongst the tourist things that had to be done was a trip to Heddon Street, round the back of Oxford Street, to pay tribute to the site of the cover shot of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album.
So I was very pleased to be invited along this morning to the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the shrine. Sadly, the plaque doesn't take the form of a K. West sign, but you can't have everything. What we did have was the two surviving Spiders From Mars, Trevor Bolder and Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey:
