. My mother and me, taken at Troon in June 1953. Our rather complicated relationship is one of the themes of Choosing Joy. In time I realised that learning about mum and her experiences taught me to better understand myself.

. A card marking my baptism and church membership. My certainty that this was an act of hypocrisy cast a long guilty shadow over the following years. That night the airwaves were full of the music of The Trojans by Berlioz conducted by Colin Davis at the London Proms. See Chapter 5 of Choosing Joy for the whole story!

. Wishaw High School Magazine Committee, June 1970. John second from the left in the back row. What 'cowardly subterfuge' did John suspect his fellows on the Committee saw through? See Choosing Joy p77