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Nico talking about Peter's three sons: Rivvy, George and Peter (jnr). All three were doing well - in 1978. Tragically, all three inherited their mother's wasting disease, Huntington's chorea, and by 1995, all three were dead: most tragically, Peter jnr,

Nico telling how Barrie used to predict the length of a cold by how far he cough out his false tooth - only to find that the story is in "The Little White Bird". [Apologies for poor sound]

"However conceited or vain it may be," says Nico, "it completely made his life having these five boys"...

Nico rattling off the cast list of stars surrounding Barrie on the roof of the Colliseum in 1916 for a charity performance of "The Admirable Crichton" - see the Etcetera (&c) home page, or search for "Colliseum 1916" in the database for a key.

Nico putting "Mary Rose" at the top of his list of Barrie's plays.

Nico agreeing with me that the end of "The Lost Boys" should be at Michael's death in 1920.

Nico's wife Mary talking about Michael.

Nico looking through the Glan Hafren photo album, with Medina and Eiluned Lewis, Michael, Nico and JMB

Various nick names - Michael always Michael (never Mike), Barrie never "James" - usually Jimmy or sometimes Sir Jazz

Nico took the photo of Barrie on EIlean Shona allegedly writing "Mary Rose" (see JMB&TLB p287 or the database). Nico now thinks he's writing "A Kiss for Cinderella", but he might just as easily have been writing the screenplay for "Peter Pan" (the one

None of the Davies boys ever lost the Peter Pan tag, but Nico was the only one who "liked it rather than disliked it. Peter loathed it..."

Nico’s belief that all Michael’s letters were destroyed

Nico talks about Denis Mackail, and making him cut his 1941 biography on Barrie, "The Story of JMB"

Nico's wife Mary regarding Michael as a highbrow

Barrie's "tremendous flirtation" with American review, resulting in "Hello Ragtime" which Nico saw 20 times!