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Barrie's love of games in general and cricket in particular

Nico's wife Mary talking about Michael.

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 showing us the "Record of Breaks" between Michael and Barrie, recorded in the front of "The Complete Billiard Player" in 1912 (see margin illustration in JMB&TLB, p197)

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

Boothby castigating Rupert Buxton, who drowned with Michael at Oxford. Nico didn't agree with a word Boothby said, and the obituary for Buxton in The Harrovian (in the database) paints a very different portrait to the one presented here by

Nico emphasizing Barrie's love of games, in particular, "eggcap" ...

Nico talking about Mary Hodgson - "a wholly unique woman. ... She was unquestionably the most important person in my life." Nico hesitates in telling a ghastly story about her - until encouraged by Sharon and I (continues on next clip)

Nico remembering Mary Rose's island - "far too small to land on". Not so - Sharon and I did just that in 1978, though admittedly there was barely room for the pair of us - see photos in the database.

Nico describes Barrie's occasional moods, and the hope that he'd be in a good one when bringing a friend back to the Adelphi

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

Nico Llewelyn Davies to Mary Hodgson - 1960

Daphne du Maurier to Nico Llewelyn Davies - 1960

Nico Llewelyn Davies to Mary Hodgson - 1960

Roger Senhouse to Nico Llewelyn Davies - 1960