Image: “The In Group,” 18th of July, 1967 by Patrick Lichfield - Back Row (L to R), Susannah York, Peter S. Cook, Tom Courtenay, Twiggy - Center Row (L to R), Joe Orton, Michael Fish - Front Row (L to R) Miranda Chiu me mum, and Lucy Fleming

A big Sunday for my family, as an old friend from London notified us that my mother Miranda Chiu (her ’60s self) appears in the Sunday Times magazine as part of an article about British photographer Lord Patrick Lichfield. There is apparently a retrospective show of his images opening on the 14th at London gallery Chris Beetles. Unfortunately, the web version doesn’t show the above fabu shot, but the print one does. So if you’re in London, do me a favour (with a “u”) and pick up a copy.

I’m so very proud of this shot of my mum, looking very young and chic, in the company of none other than Twiggy and Joe Orton. As an aside, my mother is referenced as “a Chinese girl” in the famous Orton biography, “Prick Up Your Ears.”

Posted by Shana Ting Lipton