Jeffrey Addison Nuttall (8 July 1933 – 4 January 2004) was an English poet, publisher, actor, painter,

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trumpeter, anarchist and social commentator who was a key part of the British 1960s

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. He was the brother of literary critic A. D. Nuttall.

Life and work

Nuttall was born in

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, and grew up in

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, a village in

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. He studied painting in the years after the

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and began publishing poetry in the early 1960s. Together with

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, he founded the influential Writers Forum press and writers' workshop. His ''Selected Poems'' was published by

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in 2003. Written by James Charnley, ''Anything But Dull: The Life & Art of Jeff Nuttall'' was published in September of 2022 b
Academica Press
This is the first full-length biography of Nuttall and is based in several years research and over 80 interviews with Nuttall's family, friends, teaching colleagues and former collaborators. Charnley was one of Nuttall's students at Leeds College of Art (later Polytechnic), where Nuttall was a
art lecturer from 1970 to 1981
Charnley also covered part of the era in his previous book, ''Creative License: From Leeds College of Art to Leeds Polytechnic, 1963-1973''.

Works

* ''Poems'' (1963), with Keith Musgrove * ''The Limbless Virtuoso'' (1963), with Keith Musgrove * ''The Change'' (1963), with

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* ''

My Own Mag ''My Own Mag'' was an independent publication, or zine, published by Jeff Nuttall from 1960 to 1967. The influential, but rather unknown, publication is in retrospect most heralded for being a platform for William S. Burroughs William Sewar ...

'' (1963–66) * ''Poems I Want to Forget'' (1965) * ''Come Back Sweet Prince: A Novelette'' (1966) * ''Pieces of Poetry'' (1966) * ''The Case of Isabel and the Bleeding Foetus'' (1967) * ''Songs Sacred and Secular'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1968),

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* '' Penguin Modern Poets 12'' (1968), with

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and

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* ''Journals'' (1968) * ''Love Poems'' (1969) * ''Mr. Watkins Got Drunk and Had to Be Carried Home: A Cut-up Piece'' (1969) * ''Pig'' (1969) * ''Jeff Nuttall: Poems 1962–1969'' (1970) * ''Oscar Christ and the Immaculate Conception'' (1970) * ''George, Son of My Own Mag'' (1971) * ''The Foxes' Lair'' (1972) * ''Fatty Feedemall's Secret Self: A Dream'' (1975) * ''The Anatomy of My Father's Corpse'' (1975) * ''Man Not Man'' (1975) * ''The House Party'' (1975) * ''Snipe's Spinster'' (novel, 1975) * ''Objects'' (1976) * ''Common Factors, Vulgar Factions'' (1977), with Rodick Carmichael * ''King Twist: a Portrait of Frank Randle'' (1978), biography of music hall comedian * ''The Gold Hole'' (1978) * ''What Happened to Jackson'' (1978) * ''Grape Notes, Apple Music'' (1979) * ''Performance Art'' (1979/80), memoirs and scripts, two volumes * ''5X5'' (1981), with

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and

Anthony Earnshaw Anthony Earnshaw (9 October 1924 – 17 August 2001) was an English anarchist, artist, author and illustrator. Earnshaw was born in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. His father, a watchmaker and jeweller, died before he was born. His mother ran the fa ...

(edited by

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) * ''Muscle'' (1982) * ''Visual Alchemy'' (1987), with

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* ''The Bald Soprano. A Portrait of

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'' (1989) * ''Art and the Degradation of Awareness'' (1999) * ''Selected Poems'' (2003)

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1989) – Percy Murray, Club Owner * ''

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'' (1991) –

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'' (1992) – Vanessa * ''

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'' (1992) – Trevor Leigh Davies MP * ''

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'' (1993) – The Major Domo * '' The Browning Version'' (1994) – Lord Baxter * ''

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'' (1994) – Harold * ''Paparazzo'' (1995) – Lionel * ''

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'' (1996) –

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* '' Crimetime'' (1996) – Doctor * '' Monk Dawson'' (1998) – Sir Hugh Stanten * ''

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'' (1999) – Lord Morris * ''

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'' (1999) – Dr. Mikhail Arkov, a Russian nuclear physicist whom Bond goes undercover as. * ''

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'' (2000) – Henry Campbell

References

External links

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"Jeff Nuttall – Author of 1968's Bomb Culture" (Obituary)
''The Guardian'', 12 January 2004

People Show

The Life and Works of Jeff Nuttall

John May interviews Nuttall
at the

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, 1985 *
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Emory University
Jeff Nuttall collection, 1962-1978
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