Horsley, who was married to Evlynn Smith from 1983 to 1990, may well be immortalised in celluloid – Dandy in the Underworld was optioned last year by Stephen Fry’s Sprout Films.

Eccentric British dandy and author Sebastian Horsley, best known for having himself nailed to a cross in the Philippines in the name of art, has died of a suspected drug overdose, British media ...