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Authors: John Bayley
15. Iris’s friend Brigid Brophy (Hulton Deutsch Collection)
16. On one or our visits to Japan.
17. In Japan, 1975 - ‘whithering’, as we called it (the subject on such occasions was frequently ‘Whither the Novel?).
18. Borys and Audi Villers, a wonderful couple for whom we always felt the deepest affection.
19. Stephen Spender in 1975.
20. Capri, 1992, on holiday with Borys and Audi Villers. I said to Audi, ‘We don’t have to go to Capri, do we?’ She smiled her dazzling smile and said, ‘We’re going tomorrow.’
21. Our efforts on behalf of the clergy: dressed up as Bishop and Bishop’s wife at a New Year fancy dress party given by Leo Rothschild.
22. Swimming near Sorrento in 1992, snapped by Audi Villers.
23. With Peter Conradi on Lanzarote. We were staying with Audi Villers at the heart of the island’s volcanic centre, far from the madding beaches.
24. Iris in 1997.