by Brendan King
Bainbridge, Beryl (health issues): amenorrhea, here, here, here, here, here; breathing difficulties, here, here, here, here, here; bronchiectasis, here; COPD, here, here; cough, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; depression, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; drinking, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; dyslexia, here; Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), here, here, here; incompetent cervix, here; physiological effect of break-up with Austin, here, here, here; pneumonia, here, here; psychological effect of sexual assault on, here–here, here, here; psychotherapy, here; smoking, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; suicidal thoughts, here, here, here, here
Bainbridge, Beryl (views and personal characteristics): attitude to lying, here–here, here, here, here; autobiography, here, here, here–here; biography, here, here; Catholicism, here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Communism, here, here, here, here; effect of Colin Haycraft’s death on, here; fascination with Jews, here, here, here, here; feelings towards father, here, here, here, here, here; feelings towards mother, here, here–here, here, here; impact of Formby beach on, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; impact of Austin’s affair with Anne Lindholm, here, here; jealousy, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; lesbian anxiety, here, here, here; negative self-image, here, here, here, here, here, here; nostalgia, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; opinion of Anna Haycraft as editor, here, here, here, here; poetry as a way of expressing feelings, here, here, here, here, here, here; regional accents, here; rejection, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; sense of humour, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; theories of J. W. Dunne, here, here; view of herself as a mother, here, here; writer’s block, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Bainbridge, Deborah (aunt). See Thompson, Deborah
Bainbridge, Deborah (great-grandmother), here
Bainbridge, Ellen (Auntie Nellie), here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Bainbridge, Ellen (grandmother), here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Bainbridge, George Reginald, here
Bainbridge, James (uncle), here, here, here, here
Bainbridge, John (great-grandfather), here
Bainbridge, John (uncle), here, here, here, here, here
Bainbridge, John B. (cousin), here, here
Bainbridge, Margaret (Auntie Margo). See Bickerton, Margaret
Bainbridge, Marion (aunt). See Thompson, Marion
Bainbridge, Reginald Ian (brother), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; birth, here; BB’s fictional portrayal of, here, here, here; death, here
Bainbridge, Richard (father), here, here, here, here, here, here; early life, here; connection to White Star Line, here; lives with his mother, here; meets Winnie Baines, here–here; Freemasonry, here; bankruptcy, here–here, here, here, here; antipathy to John James Baines, here; marries Winnie Baines, here; married life, here–here; writing style, here, here; reaction to BB’s separation, here, here; death, here; BB’s fictional portrayal of, here, here, here, here, here
Bainbridge, Sarah Ann (aunt). See Towers, Sarah Ann
Bainbridge, William (grandfather), here, here; birth, here; meets Ellen Kidd, here; death, here;
Bainbridge, William (uncle), here, here, here
Bainbridge, Winifred (mother), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; background, here; childhood, here; appearance, here; education, here; finishing school, here; visits to Chirbury, here, here; meets Richard Bainbridge, here–here; snobbery, here, here, here, here; jealous of brother’s success, here; marries Richard Bainbridge, here; married life, here–here; depression, here, here, here; pernicious anemia, here, here; shares bed with BB, here; relationship with BB, here–here; disapproves of BB seeing boys, here; sends BB to music lessons, here; encourages BB’s interest in theatre, here, here, here, here, here; warns BB about political activism, here; views Lynda South as bad influnce on BB, here; finds BB’s dirty poem, here–here; writing style, here, here; antipathy to Austin Davies, here, here; takes BB back to Formby, here; visits BB in London, here, here, here, here, here; death, here–here; BB’s fictional portrayal of, here
Baines, Albert (great-grandfather), here
Baines, Dorothy, here
Baines, Hilary (cousin), here, here, here, here
Baines, Janet (grandmother), here, here
Baines, John James (grandfather), here, here, here, here; antipathy to Richard, here
Baines, Leonard (Uncle Len), here, here, here, here, here, here
Baines, Lilian (Auntie Lil), here, here, here
Baines, Reginald, here
Baines, Trevor (cousin), here
Baines, Winifred. See Bainbridge, Winifred
Baird-Smith, Robin, here, here, here, here, here; moves to Duckworth, here; persuades BB to stay at Duckworth, here–here; dissatisfaction at Duckworth, here; sacked by Stephen Hill, here
Ballard, Arthur, here, here
Ballard, Robert, here
Banning, Raymond, here
Barber, Lynn, here
Barlow, Thelma, here
Barnes, Julian, here, here
Barras, Lionel, here
Barrie, James, here, here, here; Dear Brutus, here; Peter Pan, here, here, here
Barry, Thomas St John, here, here, here
Barthorp, Michael, here; Heroes of the Crimea, here
Bayley, John, here
Beatles, The, here
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (film), here
Belhomme, André, here, here
Bell, Monica, here
Bennett, Alan, here
Bergen-Belsen (concentration camp), here, here, here
Bernard Quaritch, here
Bernstein, Sidney, here
Besant, Annie, here
Beswick, Richard, here, here
Betts, Graham, here, here, here
Bewes, Rodney, here
Bickerstaff, Rodney, here
Bickerton, James Murray, here
Bickerton, Margaret (née Bainbridge), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Birkin, Andrew, J. M. Barrie and the Lost Boys, here
Black Brunswicker, The (John Everett Millais), here
Blackmore, R. D., here
Blackwood, Caroline, here
Blake, Deborah, here
Blond, Leslie, here
Blundell, Bernard, here
Bogarde, Dirk, here, here
Bogarde, Gareth van den, here, here
Bonaparte, Napoleon, here, here, here–here, here, here
Bond, Belinda. See Davies, Belinda
Booker Prize, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Bostridge, Mark, here, here
Bowden, Jean, here
Bowlly, Al, here, here
Bragg, Melvyn, here–here, here, here, here, here
Brain, Richard, here
Brains Trust, The (radio programme), here
Braziller, George, here, here, here, here, here
Brett-Jones, Anthony, here, here
Brooke, Rupert, here
Brookes, Alan (‘Oscar’), here
Brookside (television series), here
Broyard, Anatole, here
Butler, Toni, here, here, here, here
Cameron, James, here
Cameron, Julia Margaret, here
Cargill, Patrick, here
Carpenter, Humphrey, here
Carpenter, Maud, here, here, here
Carr, Leslie, here–here, here
Carricker, Tony, here
Carroll, Kent, here
Carroll, Lewis, here; Alice in Wonderland, here
Casarotto, Jenne, here, here, here, here, here
Cassels, James, here, here
Cassels, Jane, her
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Cates, Georgina, here
Cebertowicz, Janina, here
Chaplin, Patrice, here
Chapman & Hall (publisher), here
Charles, Ray, here; ‘What’d I Say’, here
Chatto & Windus (publisher), here
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, here; The Worst Journey in the World, here
Cheyney, Peter, here
Christy & Moore (literary agency), here, here
Chronicle of the 20th Century, here, here
Churchill, Winston, here, here
‘Cicely Courtneidge Plonks her Guitar’ (song), here
Clare, Anthony, here, here; In the Psychiatrist’s Chair, here; Motives, here
Clayton, Prudence, here
Clunie, Jimmy, here, here
Coe, Jonathan, here
Colledge, Eric, here
Cone, Grace, here, here
Connolly, Cyril, here
Conradi, Peter, here
Cook, Beryl, here
Cooper, Genevieve, here
Cooper, Jilly, here
Cooper, William. See Hoff, Harry
Coronation Street, here, here
Cousins, Billy, here
Craig, Peter (Alan Sharp’s father), here
Criddle, Helah, here
Criddle, John Frankland, here
Crook, Arthur, here
Cross, Gerald, here, here, here, here; Dundee Rep, here, here; early career at the Liverpool Playhouse, here; casts BB in The Sun and I, here; Catholicism, here, here; resigns from Liverpool Playhouse, here; drinking, here, here; engages BB to work at Dundee Rep, here; resigns from Dundee Rep, here–here
Cunningham, Valentine, here
Dachau (concentration camp), here
Davies, Aaron, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Davies, Anthony, here
Davies, Austin (life, in choronological order): family background, here–here; birth, here; early life, here; friendship with the Greens, here–here, here, here; works at the Playhouse, here, here; goes out with BB, here–here; Winnie’s antipathy to, here, here, here; takes BB to Wales, here–here; begins sleeping with with BB, here–here; tour of Europe, here–here; Liverpool College of Art, here, here, here, here, here; breaks up with BB, here–here, here; encourages BB to write, here; visits BB in London, here, here, here, here; reaction to sexual assault on BB, here; affair with Anne Lindholm, here, here–here, here–here, here–here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here; affair with Fanchon Frohlich, here–here, here, here, here; Toni Butler, here, here, here, here, here; Anne Lindholm’s abortion, here–here, here; feelings of guilt, here; engagement to BB, here, here–here, here, here; owes money to the Greens, here, here; assessment of BB’s art, here; criticizes BB’s behaviour, here–here; visits BB in Salisbury, here, here; breaks engagement with BB, here–here; re-engagement to BB, here; second trip to Wales with BB, here; regrets engagement to BB, here; marriage to BB, here–here, here, here–here; leases flat in Catharine Street, here; friendship with Don McKinlay, here, here, here, here; holiday on Bardsey Island with BB, here; doubts about marriage to BB, here; holiday in London with BB, here; holiday in Spain with BB, here–here; buys here Huskisson Street, here, here; vintage cars, here–here, here; Picasso Club, here; here Club, here, here; and Ronnie Armstrong, here, here; and John Lennon, here; breakdown of marriage to BB, here, here, here, here; goes to Paris, here–here, here; interrupts BB’s suicide attempt, here; moves out of Huskisson Street, here, here–here; and Mick Green, here, here; divorce proceedings, here, here, here, here; art lecturer at East Ham Technical College, here, here; idea of buying house for BB, here; leases here Arkwright Road, here; and Alan Sharp, here, here; holiday in Greece with BB, here; stops BB’s alimony, here; at Coed Nant Gain with BB, here; BB’s fictional portrayal of, here, here, here, here–here, here; BB’s reliance on, here, here; buys here Albert Street, here; building work on Albert Street, here, here, here, here–here; drives BB to Eaves Farm, here; marriage to Belinda Bond, here, here, here; brings BB back from Eaves Farm, here; moves to Islington, here; financial difficulties, here, here, here, here–here; property developer, here; pays off debts, here; emigrates to New Zealand, here, here
Davies, Austin (as artist), here, here; exhibition at Galerie Apollinaire, here, here, here, here; exhibition at Liverpool Academy, here, here; exhibition at Piccadilly Gallery, here; portrait of Cyril Rubens, here; portrait of Hugo Rignold, here; Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, here; The Inevitability, here; Topham Trophy, here, here; views on art, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Davies, Belinda, here, here, here, here; marriage to Austin Davies, here; tells BB to get a job, here; returns to New Zealand, here
Davies, Harold Hinchcliffe, here, here, here; background, here–here; marriage to Nora Wood, here; divorce, here
Davies, Johanna (Jo-Jo), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Davies, Nora (née Wood), here, here; background, here–here; marriage to Harold Hinchcliffe Davies, here; abandons family, here; divorce, here; attends BB’s wedding, here; mental problems, here, here; shoots BB with air pistol, here–here; death, here
Davies, Ray, here
Davies, Rudi, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; birth, here; meets Alan Sharp in America, here; as Stella in An Awfully Big Adventure, here; on BB’s drinking, here, here
Davis, Leah, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; BB’s fictional portrayal of, here
Davis, Noel, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; death, here
de Pass, Clive Crispin, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; education, here; marriage to Jenifer Green, here; affair with BB, here–here, here; holiday in Corfu with BB, here, here; end of affair with BB, here–here; BB’s fictional portrayal of, here, here, here, here, here
Dean, Don, here
Dearie, Blossom, here; ‘When Love Disappears’, here
Delebassée, Jacques (penpal), here, here, here, here
Dempsey, Michael, here, here; visits BB in Albert Street, here; visits BB at Eaves Farm, here; death, here
Dewar, Jimmy, here, here, here
Dewar, Laurena, here
Dickens, Charles, here, here, here, here; Oliver Twist, here
Dickie, Margaret, here, here, here, here
‘Did You Think I Would Leave You Dying (When There’s Room On My Horse For Two)?’ (song), here
Doggett, Kenneth, here, here; meets BB, here–here; proposes to BB, here; moves to America, here–here; learns about BB and Alan Sharp, here–here; opinion of Alan Sharp, here; BB’s fictional portrayal of, here
Don, Moshe, here
Douglas Rae Management, here, here
Dover, Kenneth, here
Doyle, Arthur Conan, here
Drabble, Margaret, here
Dressmaker, The (film), here
Duckworth & Co Ltd, here, here, here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here–here, here–here, here–here, here, here
Duffy, Maureen, here
Dunne, J. W., here, here
Eddington, Paul, here
Edwards, Geoffrey, here
Eliot, T. S., here; Little Gidding, here; Murder in the Cathedral, here; The Rock, here
Elliott, Denholm, here
Ellis, Alice Thomas. See Haycraft, Anna
Enright, Dennis, here
Eric (water buffalo), here
Estorick, Michael, here, here; and Colin Haycraft, here–here, here; falls out with Colin Haycraft, here; What are Friends For, here
Evans, Graham, here
Fairclough, Fred, here
Farrell, J. G., here
Fearnley, Rev P. H., here
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p; Fenton, Roger, here
Fernald, John, here
‘Fever’ (song), here
Fitzgerald, Penelope, here, here; The Bookshop, here
Foote, Alan. See Sharp, Alan
Fleming, Robert, here
Foote, Ethel (Alan Sharp’s mother), here
Formby Times, here, here, here, here
Fowles, John, here
Franz, Harry, here, here, here, here, here, here; plans return to England, here, here, here; relationship with BB, here–here
Frayn, Michael, Noises Off, here
Frohlich, Fanchon (née Aungst), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; early life, here; education, here; marriage to Herbert Frohlich, here; affair with Austin Davies, here–here