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Nico's love of music and playing the piano, unlike his brothers. His story of going off with Michael to buy their first gramophone records ...

Nico's criticism of Janet Dunbar's biography ["J M Barrie: the Man Behind the Image", 1970] that it fails to communicate Barrie's humour and what wonderful company he was 99% of the time.

Nico's creepy story about Barrie seeing his ex-wife Mary while driving through a village in 1922. Apologies for the cross-currents of other conversations - the wine is in full flood by this stage

Nico's conviction that Barrie "had no sexual interest of any sort or kind. He was 100% neuter and 100% innocent, I'm absolutely certain of it."

Nico's classic story about Thomas Hardy being mistaken for a reporter at a rehearsal of Mary Rose and being unceremoniously evicted...

Nico's annecdote about working for Winston Churchill's election campaign in the 20's.

Nico’s classic story about Barrie giving the rights of "Peter Pan" to Great Ormond Street Hospital. According to the Hospital, parts of it should be taken with a large pinch of salt.

Nico working with Peter at Peter Davies Ltd in 1937...

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

Nico telling Maureen O'Brien (who played Mary Barrie in "The Lost Boys") how Sharon and I first swam into his life...

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]

Nico talks about visiting Mary Hodgson's family in Morecambe, her brother Tom introduced him to music hall - Mary Hodgson's horror

Nico talks about Mary Rose's island - "the closest thing to my heart." (The database includes a number of photos I took of the island in 1976 - on Loch Voshimid in the Outer Hebrides. Just search for "mary rose")

Nico talks about Jack's retirement, and the fate of his children.

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