| Description | Comprises references to his writings: Born For (previously called Come Whore, Come Conscience and frequently referred to as ‘the crime book’), publication of The Full-Time Amateur, Everybody Loves Saturday Night, short stories Flow gently, sweet Afton, Age of Chivalry, Left Behind’, The Foxhunters, Nerves, Death of a Dog and The Stone and the Rose. Reference to a rejected play, The Kingdom of Esther. Mention of working on Twelve Stories from the BBC. Also mention of writing a film script based on his short story, That Old Black Pasture in response to an offer from Bryan Forbes (Pinewood Studios), dealings with publishers, and appearing in a television programme called Gift of the Gab. Other topics include family life, birth of a grandson, his poor health and suffering from sciatica, signing on and off National Insurance, going fishing, his reading (including J.D. Salinger, William Faulkner, George Orwell and Dylan Thomas), socialising at the Labour Club, holiday in Porthcawl, Alun and Helen Richards, Mansel Thomas, ‘Chunks’ Lewis and fellow poet Charles Jones. |