I’d be totally lost without my office and home support team. Huge thanks, therefore, to Di Brooks, Danni Cameron, Angela Milne, Ross Milne and Kaisa Tiensuu for their hard work and good humour, both of which are deeply appreciated.
After sixteen years together, I hope Fiona Shapcott knows exactly how much she means to me. Thank you, Fi, for everything you do.
My friend David Goodwin has been an unfailing source of inspiration and this book would not be what it is without him.
The QSC, on the other hand, have just got in the way.
To Mark Hutchinson, Rebecca Salt and Nicky Stonehill, thank you for holding everything together this year, especially those bits when you were holding me together.
Last but never, ever, least: thanks to my children, Jessica, David and Kenzie, for putting up with me. Having a writer for a mother isn’t always an easy shift, but the real world wouldn’t be worth living in without you and Dad.
Rosmersholm epigraphs Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen (Hastings: Delphi Classics, ebook), 2013. Translated by Robert Farquharson.
‘Wherever You Will Go’ (p 23 and p 25) Words and Music by Aaron Kamin & Alex Band. © 2001 Alex Band Music/Universal Music Careers/BMG Platinum Songs/Amedeo Music. Universal Music Publishing MGB Limited/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Limited.
‘No Woman No Cry’ (p 90 and p 91) Written by Vincent Ford. Published by Fifty Six Hope Road Music Limited/Primary Wave/Blue Mountain Music. All Rights Reserved.
‘Hear the word of Lachesis, the daughter of necessity’ (p 186) The Dialogues of Plato (New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co, ebook), 1873.
‘Where Have You Been’ (p 414) Words and Music by Lukasz Gottwald, Geoff Mack, Adam Wiles, Esther Dean & Henry Russell Walter. © 2012 Kasz Money Publishing/Dat Damn Dean Music/Prescription Songs/Songs Of Universal Inc/Oneirology Publishing/TSJ Merlyn Licensing BV/Hill And Range Southwind Mus S A. Carlin Music Corporation/Kobalt Music Publishing Limited/Universal/MCA Music Limited/EMI Music Publishing Limited. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Limited.
‘Niggas In Paris’ (p 442 and p 444) Words & Music by Reverend W. A. Donaldson, Kanye West, Chauncey Hollis, Shawn Carter & Mike Dean. © 2011 Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI)/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Songs Of Universal Inc./Please Gimme My Publishing Inc./U Can’t Teach Bein’ The Shhh Inc./Carter Boys Music (ASCAP)/Papa George Music (BMI). EMI Music Publishing Limited/Universal/MCA Music Limited. All rights on behalf of Papa George Music, Carter Boys Music and Unichappell Music Inc. administered by Warner/Chappell North America Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Limited, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell North America Ltd.
‘Black Trombone’ (p 637 and p 638) Words and Music by Serge Gainsbourg. © 1962 Melody Nelson Publishing/Warner Chappell Music France. Imagem Music/Warner/Chappell Overseas Holdings Limited. Used by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Limited and Warner/Chappell Overseas Holdings Limited.
‘La Chanson de Prévert’ (p 642) Words and Music by Serge Gainsbourg. © 1961 Melody Nelson Publishing/Warner Chappell Music France. Imagem Music/Warner/Chappell Overseas Holdings Limited. Used by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Limited and Warner/Chappell Overseas Holdings Limited.
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