Overview

• Stamp’s rise from a working-class East End childhood to 1960s style icon was defined by his striking looks and magnetic presence
• His disciplined daily rituals included pre-dawn yoga inversions, meditation, early Pilates advocacy and a Japanese bath flown into his Albany flat
• Stamp Album became Bloomsbury Publishing’s first non-fiction release after he negotiated a £1 advance and a clause guaranteeing a substantial print run
• First-person reminiscences highlight his romance with model Jean Shrimpton, friendships with figures like Michael Caine and a spiritual turn following India
• Later in life he lived atop The Albany, chauffeured a Rolls Royce, married a much younger partner and retained his reputation for effortless charm