10 Howard Marks room at Balliol. The unofficial entrance window – now blocked by ironwork.
11 ‘The Who’ 1966. ‘My Ge-Ge-Generation’.
12 Cover of ‘Bringing It All Back Home’. Bob Dylan
13 Cover of ‘Highway 61 Revisited’. Bob Dylan
14 Howard Marks aged 65. See ‘Narco Polo’.
Page 16 TREASURE ISLAND
15 The Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont St.
16 Simon Ward as ‘Young Winston’. 1972 film also starring Robert Shaw.
17 Treasure Island ‘Long John Silver’. Meadow Players 1966 production.
18 Don Henderson with Siobhan Redmond. 1985 TV series ‘Bulman’
19 John Hurt.
Page 22 SANTA CLAUS
20 Heelas of Reading. Now known as ‘John Lewis’
21 Santa Claus 1
22 Santa Claus 2
23 Santa Claus 3 Arrival at Reading Station
24 Santa Claus article
25 ‘Peter Pan’ scene.
Page 29 TRACTORS AND GOLD TOP
26 West Gate, Canterbury
27 Park by West Gate, Canterbury. Near the field of donkeys.
28 Canterbury High Street. Near the butcher’s shop
29 Tractor in the 1970s.
30 Pangbourne Village. Site of tent and near to the dairy
Page 34 DRILLING FOR WATER
31 Drilling Rig – mini-version
32 Drilling Rig – large version
33 Bull Ring, B’ham in 1971. Very much altered nowadays, but shows the hairpin bend that the rig had to take.
Page 40 CAR PARKS AND CORPSES
34 Henley town, aerial shot.35 Henley town and bridge, aerial shot.
Page 44 FACTORIES
36 Factory at sunset, Darlaston, West Midlands
37 Canning factory, Stratford
Page 48 IN AN ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN
38 Aerial view of Wargrave Manor
39 The Sultan of Oman.
40 Friar Park entrance. Henley
41 Friar Park aerial view. Henley
42 Friar Park views from the original Frank Crisp period.
43 George Harrison and Patti Boyd around 1970
44 Friar Park gnomes.
45 Handwritten lyrics of ‘Give Peace a Chance’ by John Lennon. $450,000 were paid for the handwritten lyrics to ‘Nowhere Man’ in 2003
Page 55 A HOTEL IN TORQUAY
46 Corbyn Head, Torquay
47 Beach huts at Torquay
48 A Rival Establishment. Torquay, Devon
Page 61 ON THE OCEAN WAVE
49 Aleister Crowley, the ‘Great Beast’ and father of Randall Crowley
50 Mounts Bay, Cornwall51 Fishing boats in Newlyn, Cornwall
52 Fishing boats similar to Sea Eagle
53 The Sea Eagle, Newlyn
54 Mackerel fishing, Cornwall
55 Mackerel fishing 2, Cornwall
56 Fishing mortalities 1979-1983
57 Fishing boats at dusk, Cornwall
Page 69 THE FLYING VICAR
58 Sadlers Wells letter. From the Hetherington-Seelig agency.
59 Sadlers Wells advert
60 Sadlers Wells exterior
61 Sadlers Wells view from the stalls
62 The Corps de Ballet.
Page 73 FLEET STREET
63 Kings Reach Tower, South Bank
64 Fleet Street, London
65 Daily Telegraph, Fleet St
Page 81 CRACKERS AND COFFINS
66 Cover of the Ginger Man. By JP Donleavy
67 JP Donleavy
68 Sloop Inn, St Ives
69 The Hepworth garden St Ives
70 St Ives church. This shows side door of church – and exit point for medieval knights.
71 CSC sticker 1975
72 Edinburgh Festival poster 1975
73 Boroughmuir Links and Old Gillespie Hall
74 Robin Richards, Bill Bingham, Alison Parkes, John Coutts, Robert Duncan, Sue Bramich, NJT. (Alison, Coutts, Rob and Neil were members of the Cornish Stage Company. Later Robin was a member of Paranoid Productions.) Taken at Chelsea Arts Club circa 2010.
75 John Laws, centre right, in the Angel. CSC member.76 My teenage brother Nigel. CSC member77 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Page 94 A CRITICAL MOMENT
78b Robert Morley letter79 NJT as Oscar Wilde 1979
80 Jim Boylan. Paranoid Productions member, later ‘Brendan Behan’.
81 Rik Mayall and Ade Edmundson company 20th Century Coyote
82 Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson
Page 105 DECO, DADA, AND DRINK
83 Nancy Cole show. Performing as ‘Gertrude Stein’.
84 Nancy Cole letter from Paris.
85 Nancy Cole. Newspaper item.
86 John Dowie in 1982.
87 John Dowie and Victoria Wood 1970s
88 John Dowie, West End 1994 – production of his play ‘Jesus, My Boy’ starring Tom Conti at the Apollo Theatre.
89 Hebe.
90 Bernard Kelly
91 Robin Richards as Dylan
92 NJT in Edinburgh 1981
93 Declan Mulholland – in a 1980’s advert.
94 Dave Quinlan. Paranoid Productions member.
95 Edinburgh Festival poster 1981
96 Deacon Brodie Tavern, Edinburgh. Scene of Bernard Kelly’s activities.
97 Freddie Jones.98 ‘Firefox’: film starring Clint Eastwood and Freddie Jones 1982
Page 116 TOURING
99 The Falcon, Camden Town. Now closed.100 Hereford Booth Hall 1
101 Hereford Booth Hall 2 – interior and performance area
102 Hereford poster103 Hereford Cathedral
104 City Varieties Leeds entrance
105 City Varieties Leeds auditorium106 City Varieties Leeds street outside. Scene of attempted mugging.
107 Darlington. Press article about a performance at the Arts Centre.
108 Kings Head Islington flier 1981.
109 Show at Shaw’s Corner. Open air performance in 1991.
110 NJT relaxing on tour. Photograph by Elizabeth Blanchet.
Page 120 IN DUBLIN’S FAIR CITY
112 Michael MacLiammoir. An Oscar of Importance.113 David Norris
114 Nelson’s Pillar. After the bomb attack in 1966.
115 Nelson’s Head.
116 Gerry Fitt and Edward Heath. Heath centre, Fitt far right.117 Garret Fitzgerald. Irish Taoiseach 1981-87118 Charlie Haughey. Irish Taoiseach 1979-81, 1987-92119 Bang Bang photo.
120 Bang Bang’s plaque
121 Dublin Festival 1979
122 Focus Theatre Article
123 NJT with Wilde. Photo taken in 1999.
Page 128 SCOUSERS
124 Huskisson’s statue. Liverpool125 The Philharmonic pub. Hope St., Liverpool
126 The Philharmonic gents. Hope St. Liverpool
127 Macartney at the Phil 2018.
128 Paddy’s Wigwam. With the Protestant Cathedral in distance
129 NJT in Liverpool
130 Adrian Henri131 Cheque from Adrian Henri. Very nice of him.
132 Roger McGough
133 Philip Larkin, Librarian of Hull University
134 Ferry across the Mersey135 The Liver Birds
Page 134 WILDE HORSES
136 Harlech advert. Theatr Ardudwy, Wales
137 Harlech Castle, Gwynedd, Wales
138 Normal College, Bangor, Wales
139 Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival Metropole Hotel. Venue in Wales140 Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival. Wales
141 Presteigne Assembly Rooms. Wales
142 Borth, near Aberystwyth, Wales. Cinema behind the village.
Page 137 THE WILDE WEST COUNTRY
143 Sir John Woolf letter. 1979
144 Bideford Quay. Devon
145 Bideford advert. Devon
146 Westward Ho cottages. Devon
147 Westward Ho from Kipling Tor. Devon
148 Wareham Morris Men. Dorset
149 Robert Helpman.150 Sidmouth Festival. Dorset
151 Sidmouth Main Camp. Dorset
152 Sidmouth dancers. Dorset
153 Marine Bar, Sidmouth. Dorset
Page 142 OVER THE SEA TO BUTE
154 Dag and Ola. Landlords of the Russian Tavern.
155 Port Royal Russian Tavern. Isle of Bute, Scotland
156 View of harbour. Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute
157 ‘Local Hero’ film poster.
158 ‘Above Us The Waves’ film poster.
159 NJT on Stage as Oscar Wilde.
160 Tom of the Kames Hotel, Tighnabruaich in Argyll
161 Tom and the Boat at Tighnabruaich.
162 On a Choppy Sea in the Kyles of Bute.
Page 147 AVON CALLING
163 Graham at Dirty Duck, Stratford
164 Rose and Crown. Sheep St, Stratford
165 NJT leafletting by Shakespeare Hotel, Chapel St, Stratford
166 NJT in Stratford.
167 B’ham Post review 1983.
168 Dirty Duck terrace. Waterside, Stratford
169 Dirty Duck interior.
170 White Swan Hotel, Rother St, Stratford171 Stratford Theatre by the Avon at night
Page 153 HIGH SOCIETY
172 Point of Ayre. Isle of Man
173 Old Farm at Point of Ayre. Isle of Man
174 Julian Grenfell.
175 Sir John Salmond
176 Viscount Curzon of India
177 Oswald and Cynthia Mosley
178 Oswald Mosley
179 Oswald, Diana, and Max Mosley
180 The Mitford Girls
181 Max Mosley
182 Rosemary and Nicholas Mosley – marriage.
183 Nicholas Mosley
184 ‘Accident’ film poster
185 Isle of Man Review. 1980
186 Sheridan Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava187 Maureen Blackwood (née Guinness), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
188 Frederick Blackwood, 1st Lord Dufferin and Ava
189 ‘Girl in Bed’ painting by Lucian Freud
190 Robert Lowell191 Tara Browne
192 Family Trees
Page 164 TEA WITH EVELYN WAUGH
193 Richard Huggett. Programme from Kings Head show, 1981
197 May Day, Magdalen Bridge 1 Oxford198 May Day, the river at Magdalen Bridge 2 Oxford199 May Day, Magdalen Bridge 3 Oxford
200 May Day, Magdalen Bridge 4 Oxford
201 May Day, Magdalen Bridge 5 Oxford
202 Corpus Christi College quad Oxford
203 View of Corpus Christi College quad, Oxford
204 Corpus Christi College Oxford playlist205 Worcester College pass Oxford
206 Worcester College view Oxford
207 Kim Wilde
208 May Balls 6am
209 Irish Club 1 Eaton Sq. London
210 Irish Club 2 Door, Eaton Sq. London
211 The Eagle Cambridge
212 Magdalen College, Cambridge
213 Magdalen College, Cambridge ticket
214 May Balls 1
215 May Balls 2
Page 174 NARCO POLO
216 Howard Marks – press 1
217 Howard Marks – press 2
218 Howard Marks – press 3
219 Howard Marks – press 4
220 Howard Marks – Craig Lovato
221 Howard Marks after jail
222 Howard Marks – Mr Nice book
223 Howard Marks – Mr Nice film
224 Lord Anthony Moynihan
Page 179 SAVING THE REGAL
225 Henley – Regal cinema
226 Henley – Regal cinema organ. The Wurlitzer.
227 Henley Kenton Theatre
228 Henley show cast 1
229 Henley show cast 2
230 NJT at Henley
231 Mary Hopkin232 John Mortimer
233 Patrick Ryecart – (1977 marriage to Marsha FitzAlan-Howard, daughter of the Duke of Norfolk. She is also an actress best known for ‘The New Statesman’)234 Joe Brown.235 Henley show review 1
236 Henley show review 2
237 Viv Stanshall, Bonzo Dog DooDah Band
Page 183 STONED GREEN HALL
238 Stone Green Hall, nr. Ashford, Kent
239 Sir Edward Heath. British Prime Minister240 Lord Aldington. Aka Toby Low.
Page 186 THE GOD OF HELL FIRE
241 Penthouse article 1
242 Penthouse article 2 by Cherry Goldman
243 Lewes venue. Sussex
244 Vesuvio’s Club Number 26, Tottenham Court Rd, London.
245 Vesuvio’s Club 1968 Tottenham Court Rd, London
246 Arthur Brown 1967
247 Arthur Brown 2018
248 Arthur Brown in Lewes, Sussex249 Arthur Brown at the Wilde show. Lewes, Sussex250 Snowdrop Inn, Lewes. Sussex
251 Snow Drop in Lewes 1836.
252 Lewes Bonfire Soc. 1 Sussex
253 Lewes Bonfire Soc. 2 Sussex
254 Lewes Bonfire Soc. 3 Sussex
Page 191 CHELSEA EVENINGS
255 Chelsea Arts Club, Old Church St. London256 Chelsea Arts Club door
257 A Chelsea Arts Club Ball.
258 Laurie Lee
259 The Woolpack, Slad, Glos.
260 The Church, Slad, Glos.
261 Whistler dinner. Chelsea Arts Club centenary dinner in 2003.
262 Dudley Sutton263 Whistler’s farthing. Chelsea Arts Club dinner
264 Jude the Obscure, Walton St, Oxford
265 Oxford show – Guinness advert. Jude the Obscure266 Oxford Show poster. Jude the Obscure267 Oxford Show – Noel O’Reilly. Jude the Obscure268 The Beehive, Swindon.
Page 198 MEETING DEAR BILL
269 Lord Deedes
270 Buxton show advert
271 Buxton Palace Hotel, Derbyshire.
272 Buxton Hotel auditorium, Derbyshire
273 Buxton hotel advert, Derbyshire
274 Buxton: Deedes’ octagonal theatre.
275 Buxton: Deedes’ advert.
Page 202 RULE BRITANNIA
276 Surgeon-Commander Dr Nigel Scott-Moncrieff RN
277 The Brothers: NJT and Nigel Scott-Moncrieff circa 1983
278 Ship view 1 Royal Yacht Britannia
279 Ship view 2 below Dartmouth Naval College. RY Britannia
280 Ship view 3 engine room. RY Britannia
281 Ship view 4 binnacle. RY Britannia
282 Ship view 5. RY Britannia
283 Ship view 6 Royal drawing room. RY Britannia
284 Ship view 7. RY Britannia
285 Ship view 8 dining room. RY Britannia
286 Ship view 9. RY Britannia
287 Ship view 10 wheel. RY Britannia
288 Ship view 11 RY Britannia at night
289 Ship view 12 RY Britannia
290 Ship view 13 guests. RY Britannia
291 Ship view 14 RY Britannia
292 Boris Yeltzin. President of Russia 1991-99
293 White’s Club, St James St. London294 Nigel S-M at St James Palace. London295 Sandringham House, Norfolk296 Miranda Richardson as Queen Elizabeth 1. ‘Blackadder II’, BBC TV297 Sir Thomas Beecham.
Page 218 FORTY YEARS ON
298 National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London
299 Malcolm Wroe (‘Bernard Shaw’).
300 GB Shaw TV cover, 1988
301 Jim Boylan as Brendan Behan in 2019
302 Richard Hartley as Gogarty in 1994
303 Wilde show audio tape. ‘The Comedy and the Tragedy’ 1995.
304 ‘The Oscar Wilde World of Gossip’ 2006305 ‘Oscar’s People’ cast and crew. Paddy O’Keefe, Vanessa Heron, Bill Bingham, Martin Nicholls, Robert Duncan, Darcy Sullivan, NJT. 2018.
306 Johnson Flucker. As Oscar Wilde in 2015.
307 New York show award. United Solo Award 2015
308 NJT on the road
309 NJT and the Italian Wilde at the Athenaeum Club, London. 2017 Giovanni Franzoni, fresh from his stint as the Italian Oscar Wilde.
310 Gyles Brandreth on ‘Echoes of Dublin’ by NJT
Page 220 FAREWELL TO O’TOOLE
311 Richard Fitzwilliams
312 Sir Donald Wolfit
313 Peter O’Toole’s memorial at the Old Vic Theatre, London.314 Peter O’Toole and Kevin Spacey
315 On left, Sabina Higgins
316 Omar Sharif
317 President Michael D Higgins and Kate O’Toole.318 Albert Finney319 Courtney Love and Elton John
320 Sir John Standing
321 Sister Agnes Curley
322 Peter O’Toole’s plaque. St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London