Think of 1960’s iconography and Madeline Smith will not be far away – a central face of fashion for fashion house Biba followed by a succession of modelling work across Europe and Maddie Smith is there – part of the imagery that frames a decade. The same can be said of the 1970s where Maddie Smith can be seen across numerous film genre’s including classics produced by the Hammer House of Horror and then on into the world of James Bond.

This biography has been waiting to be written for over 50 years and Philip Kay-Bujak has managed to capture not only the character of Maddie Smith and over 200 other famous names from the period, but also capture the spirit of the age within its historical context.