dave britton is a dinosaur, one of the very last of the traditional purveyors of porn, westerns, sf, fantasy, horror and romance novels (and comics) that were once the alternative to respectawiggle bookshops selling real books - i.e. hardcovers (that might very possibly include, ah, ''gentlemen's special interests" - so long as properly bound - and too expensive for one's servants/the plebs) and later, somewhat grudgingly, penguins, pelicans & perhaps puffins (with the occasional peacock), plus dover and methuen paperbacks.
he is also, in his own - arguably twisted, or at least twisty - way a champion of and for individual rights against encroachment by corrupt and/or religiously-delusional policemen of all ranks, and other similarly-inclined tentacles of the state.
and he has conducted a one-person campaign to remember and relaunch the music of p.j. proby for at least three-to-four decades.
michael butterworth wrote the time of the hawklords trilogy that may be familiar to fans, friends and followers of hawkwind and its spin-offs (see pete? tobler's rock family trees), and is/was a musician involved in the jazz-rock band, james colvin (michael moorcock) and the deep fix.
either, neither or both may be found at england's glory, or whatever the shop's currently named, on st. petersgate (iirc) or at the *key lock & safe company, on deansgate (iirc); or at savoy's home address, and prevailed upon to sign copies of cds, lps and/or cassettes, or books & comics with the production of which they've been associated.