City Limits, Issue 445, 12-19 April 1990

Burroughs appears on the cover of this issue, with the title "The Art of Being William Burroughs".

At pages 20-21, Ian McFadyen [sic, MacFadyen] contributes "Lonesome Cowboy Bill", an interview with Burroughs. This is accompanied by an uncredited photo of Burroughs and a reproduction of Burroughs' artwork "Research Animal".

On page 86, Mark Currah reviews the exhibition at the October Gallery (London) of William S. Burroughs and Keith Haring. 

Published in London, England by City Limits Magazine in April, 1990.

This copy was acquired through Fraser Gillespie (London) with the assistance of Jim Pennington, Aloes Books (London).

Bibliographic Information: 

• Not in Shoaf
• Not in Schottlaender
• Raven 19900412CLIM.0.445

Selected Contents: 

• Thomi Wroblzwski: cover art
• Edwin Bernard: review of a Jimmy Sommerville show
• Jenny Turner: review of Simone Weil, Utopian Pessimist, a documentary
• Tim Etchells: review of Neon Lewis, theatre
• Nina-Anne Kaye: review of Me and My Friend, theatre
• Rose FC: nightclub reviews
• Dave Ilic: 
• "Knitting nicely" (on The Knitting Factory)
• review of Allen Ginsberg's The Lion for Real
• Carl Miller: 
• review of Look Look, theater
• revew of A Yearning for Sodom, film
• Phil Wilson: "Wembley country" (on The Wembley Country Festival)
• Quentin McDermott: 
• "More riot questions raised" (essay)
• "Free-Market Mandela" (on Nelson Mandela)
• Rose Collins: "If the cap fits..." (essay)
• Melissa Benn: 
• "Porn again" (essay)
• "No fun to stay at the YMCA" (essay)
• Nigel Fountain: "News International" (essay)
• Gordon Rainsford: photograph
• Stevan Keane: "Religious Conversions" (on churches)
• Julain Germain: photographs
• Jonathan Romney: "Psycho Magic" (on Alejandro Jodorowsky and Santa Sangre)
• Ian MacFadyen and William S. Burroughs: "Lonesome Cowboy Bill" (interview)
• William S. Burroughs: "Research Animal" (painting)
• Manjit Singh and John Gibson: "First Principles: Chaos" (on chaos theory)
• Duncan Campbell: "Glamour Is Fear" (on the Kray twins)
• Farrah Anwar: "Myth and menace" (essay)
• events listings
• Tom Tunney: 
• review of Santa Sangre, film
• review of The Hunt for Red October, film
• Farrah Anwar: review of the film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, film
• Colin Cardigan: review of Uncle Buck, film
• film listings
• music reviews
• concert listings
• nightclub listings
• LGBTQ listings
• sporting events
• theatre listings
• Mark Currah: review of William Burroughs and Keith Haring at October Gallery
• art listings
• Rose Collis: "Spiral twist in the tale" (review of Al Davison's The Spiral Cage)
• Martin Bright: "Lotta continua" (review of Robert Lumley's States of Emergency)
• Elizabeth J. Young: "Gore but not forgotten" (combined review of horror)
• book reviews
• classifieds
• letters

Publishing Information: 

• Editor: Helen Birch
• Deputy Editor: Deborah Orr
• Assistant Editor: Tommy Udo
• Newsroom: Quentin McDermott, Melissa Benn, Sean O'Neill
• Consumer: Rose Christie, Liz Kettle, Lyn Gardner
• Books: Jenny Turner, Nick Kimberley
• Action: Helen Dady
• Cabaret: William Cook
• Film: Jonathan Romney, Stevan Keane
• Dance: Julia Pascal
• Health: Norma Cohen
• et al