Taken by Roz Kaveney, Autumn 2008
Taken by Arnold Akien at a late-1980s convention, perhaps Novacon
Taken by Arnold Akien at a late-1980s convention, perhaps
Novacon
(Detail from room party scene)
Taken by Vince Clarke between 1980 and 1987
(Detail from scene at London One Tun pub meeting)
Scanned by Rob Hansen
Self-description, 1992: "Personal details: 41 years old, single, freelance writer (not sf, in fact not fiction at all)/editor, struggling under the recession, but just surviving. About 5'5", shoulder-length ratty black hair, last pair of genuine NHS glasses in captivity. (But not for much longer, since until October I have a certificate entitling me to some money for a new pair because I wasn't earning earlier in the year. That could be the last in captivity too, so I must use it.) Politics: old-fashioned Labour democratic workers'-rights-and-Welfare-State socialist, with that wicked anarchist streak all us 60s children seem to have. (Like, I believe in co-ops, and my reaction to schools being encouraged to break away from local council control -- 'opting out', a hot issue here, is, well, let's use it to start our own self-governing schools.) Fan background: fanzine editor since 1979, committee member for four out of five Mexicons, founder-member of the team that ran the newsletter at Confiction, flatter myself that I get on with pros and the saner conrunners as well as 'fanzine fans'." (Letter to Jeanne Gomoll, 27 August 1992)