No more heroes any more
No more heroes any more Brands should reconnect with the icons of the past instead of searching for contemporary cool http://media.guardian.co.uk/marketingandpr/comment/0,,1814222,00.html
July 2006
The death of the "World's Fattest Man"
Percival Stein, this week’s Son of Barnum find, courtesy of his great great grandson, Nicholas Leonard, took to the road with the “world’s fattest man”. Stein had come across Joseph Eierling, a circus talent-spotter who had “acquired” John Webb in a circus freak show. John, a mere 19 year old who weighed over 680lbs was […]
Mob Handed Publicity
Percival Stein’s archive, now in the hands of his great great grandson, Nicholas Leonard, tells the story of Stein’s involvement with the New York Mafia. The mob had decided to help Stein, and so his fears of being bumped off were soon forgotten aided by one Ignazio Lupo. The mob was interested in entertainment as […]
An operatic death
The material on Percival Stein continues to throw up some interesting material. It seems that Stein established himself as a theatre publicist and by 1895 was much in demand. One of his shows involved a visiting Italian opera singer, Paulo Frazzoni, a small but vocally powerful man of humble birth from a peasant village in […]
Percival Stein: lost son of Barnum
I received an email from a man in Mill Hill called Nicholas Leonard who has been reading my blog and had heard about the book. He believes his great great grandfather is truly one of the son’s of Barnum. From a family archive, he came across some extraordinary facts about his great great grandfather, Percival […]
MARIAH’S EATING PURPLE FOOD
Mariah Carey will only eat purple food. The pop diva is convinced mauve-coloured foods like red grapes and plums – known for their anti-ageing benefits – will stop her developing wrinkles. The songstress devised the diet with her nutritionist. Mariah’s eating purple food and stripping off the fat. She doesn’t want the curves that have […]