Well, I never thought in a million years that when I arrived in the UK from South Africa on the 1st June 2023 that the forthcoming weeks would become a successful milestone in my life. Having written a book “St Ives Unframed” about my years living in St Ives, Cornwall during the 60s and 70s. It turns out that the book has become very popular especially in the beautiful Cornish seaside town. It appears that nobody to date has recorded or written about this very special period of beatniks, hippies, flower power, bohemians, artists, and musicians – nothing archived (and trust me St Ives has a spectacular archive museum) other than what is recorded in my book. My friend Suzanne, who I had met through the tennis club the previous year became the great instrumentalist in recognising the importance of the book and felt that it should be put out there within the town for the locals and visitors to appreciate. Suzanne suggested to her colleagues on the committee of the St Ives Arts Club about me doing a Saturday evening talk at the Arts Club Theatre. I was then invited to meet the group one morning over coffee. We all got on like a house on fire and a date was fixed for me to do a talk exactly ten days later – I was a bit shell shocked. This gave me and the Arts Club very little time to prepare this BIG event, but it was the only evening the theatre was free. Advertising, and other...