Others without whom I couldn’t have written this book and who gave their support and input are: Sue Bond and, in spirit, her mother, Stella Coltman-Rogers, Nicholas Ayer, Gully Wells, the Roeber family, Alexandra Aldridge, Alan Bennett and Keith McNally.
I would also like to thank my wife, Trine, and my two daughters, Daisy and Stella, for being there for me every step of the way. Last but not least, I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to my father for being an incredible and unique person, my inspiration in so much and for making things possible without his ever knowing he was doing it.
PICTURE CREDITS
Looking through my family’s extensive collection of photograph albums in search of suitable images was to me like dipping madeleines in tea. Without them I couldn’t have written this book. The majority have come from these albums or have been donated by family and friends. A million thanks to you all. Those from other sources are listed below:
Frontispiece: Dad, Tom and me © Ian Berry 1967/Magnum
p. 14 Dad’s one-man show, Poppy Day, Cambridge, 1953 © Hulton Archive/Walter Bellamy/Getty Images
p. 20 Dad at Sue’s desk, with the window cleaner, 1968 © Godfrey Argent/National Portrait Gallery
p. 22 ‘The Stringalongs’ by Mark Boxer, The Listener, 1968 © Mark Boxer estate
p. 23 Alan Bennett © Ian Berry 1967/Magnum
p. 26 Beryl Bainbridge and Anna Haycraft © Edward Hamilton West/Guardian © E. Hamilton West/Guardian News & Media
p. 48 The view from Mum and Dad’s bedroom at the Old Manse © Nicholas Garland
p. 101 Sir A. J. Ayer at work © 2006 John Hedgecoe/Topfoto
p. 133 Dad and me in the Cotswolds, 1978 © Judith Aronson
p. 136 Pimlico School, London. Wikimedia
p. 167 Garland car being repaired in Scotland after a crash © Nick Garland
p. 168 The Garland family returning from Scotland without their car © Nick Garland
p. 168 The Garlands and the Millers © Nick Garland
p. 172 The original 1961 Beyond the Fringe sketch ‘So That’s The Way You Like It’: Jonathan Miller, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett © Lewis Morley Archives
p. 175 Dad in the production office at the BBC for The Body in Question © Judith Aronson
p. 250 The kitchen, Gloucester Crescent – Alan Bennett, Mum, my cousin Daniel Miller, Kate and Dad © Judith Aronson
p. 332 The Old Manse by Nicholas Garland © Nicholas Garland
While every effort has been made to contact copyright-holders of illustrations, the author and publishers would be grateful for information about any illustrations where they have been unable to trace them and would be glad to make amendments in further editions.
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