I surprise even myself with some of the things I turn up in old notebooks and journals. Such was the joy of the analogue age when one tore reports from the daily newspaper and tucked them away – waiting, in this instance, 31 years before resurfacing. Those who follow my posts on Gill will find this of interest. The Times obituary writer has a nice turn of phrase: ‘Intellectually, however, he was never dominated by the patriarchal Gill…’

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