"However conceited or vain it may be," says Nico, "it completely made his life having these five boys"...
"However conceited or vain it may be," says Nico, "it completely made his life having these five boy (Read More)
... until the last holiday on Eilean Shona, with Michael in 1920, which Barrie again rented for Nico's honeymoon with Mary in 1926. Sharon and I visited it in 1976 ... and I stayed there for three magical days with Karen in 2001, a week before my son Anno
... until the last holiday on Eilean Shona, with Michael in 1920, which Barrie again rented for Nico (Read More)
An edited version of BBC-TV's Nationwide, recorded while I was writing "The Lost Boys" in the summer of 1977, and broadcast that Christmas. The chief interest in the recording is Nico's contribution, as well as a short account of the Barrie/Llewelyn
An edited version of BBC-TV's Nationwide, recorded while I was writing "The Lost Boys" in the summer (Read More)
Barrie making a speech at Kirriemuir in June 1930, and recounting how as a child he had split the lip of his best friend, James Robb. "We were digging up a gooseberry bush in his mother’s garden, and I missed it, but I got him. We then bolted in opposite
Barrie making a speech at Kirriemuir in June 1930, and recounting how as a child he had split the li (Read More)
Barrie making a speech at the unveiling of Thomas Hardy's statue in Dorchester, 2 September 1931: "Well ladies and gentlemen, you mustn’t make any noise, or the weather will find out that something untoward has happened. When the child Hardy was born, the
Barrie making a speech at the unveiling of Thomas Hardy's statue in Dorchester, 2 September 1931: "W (Read More)
Barrie's "tremendous flirtation" with American review, resulting in "Hello Ragtime" which Nico saw 20 times!
Barrie's "tremendous flirtation" with American review, resulting in "Hello Ragtime" which Nico saw 2 (Read More)
Barrie's love of games in general and cricket in particular
Barrie's love of games in general and cricket in particular (Read More)
BBC radio's centenary programme: "Peter Pan Takes Flight", broadcast on 23 December 2004
BBC radio's centenary programme: "Peter Pan Takes Flight", broadcast on 23 December 2004 (Read More)
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
Boothby castigating Rupert Buxton, who drowned with Michael at Oxford. Nico didn’t agree with a word (Read More)
Daphne and Angela du Maurier remembering Michael, Peter and Nico
Daphne and Angela du Maurier remembering Michael, Peter and Nico (Read More)