For permission to use their own letters, diaries and unpublished manuscripts, we would like to thank Murray Bail; John Barnett and the estate of his late wife Monica; Clarence Brown; Sheila Chanler and the estate of her late husband John; Robert Erskine; Michael Ignatieff; James Ivory; John Kasmin; Candida Lycett-Greene and the estate of the late Penelope Betjeman; Desmond Morris; David Nash; the estate of the late Stuart Piggott; David Plante; David Rieff and the estate of the late Susan Sontag; Kenneth Rose; the estate of the late Stephen Tennant; the estate of the late Cary Welch.
For access to collections of Bruce Chatwin’s papers and related material we would like to thank: Colin Harris and Judith Priestman at the Bodleian Library in Oxford; the Churchill Hospital in Oxford; Gemma McCallion at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland; Kate Arnold-Forster and Nancy Fulford at Reading University; the Burns Library in Boston; Lalice Hatayama of the Charles E. Young Library in Los Angeles; Elaina Richardson at Yaddo.
We would also like to thank the estate and publisher of the late W. G. Sebald for permission to quote from ‘The Mystery of the Red-Brown Skin,’ in Campo Santo, trans. Anthea Bell (Hamish Hamilton, 2005); Nicholas Robinson, Michael Bloch and the estate and publisher of the late James Lees-Milne for permission to quote from Diaries, 1971-83, and Diaries, 1984-97 (John Murray, 2008); Murray Bail for permission to quote from Notebooks 1970-2003 (Harvill, 2006). Don Bachardy and Kate Bucknall for permission to quote from Christopher Isherwood’s forthcoming diaries Liberation: Diaries Volume 3, 1970-1983 (Faber, 2010); Kenneth Pearson & Patricia Connor for permission to quote from The Dorak Affair (Michael Joseph, 1967); Patrick Leigh Fermor and Deborah Devonshire for permission to quote from In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor, ed. Charlotte Mosley (John Murray, 2008); Diana di Caraci and the estate of the late Teddy Millington-Drake for permission to quote from Shapes on the Horizon (London, 1996); the estate and publisher of the late Leo Lerman for permission to quote from The Grand Surprise – The Journals of Leo Lerman, ed. Stephen Pascal (Knopf, 2007); David Mason for permission to quote from ‘On Bruce Chatwin’s Ashes’, Mondo Greco, premier issue (Spring 1999); Johnathan Gathorne-Hardy and the estate of the late Gerald Brenan for permission to quote from The Interior Castle: A life of Gerald Brenan (Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992); the estate and publisher of the late Frances Partridge for permission to quote from Ups and Downs: Diaries 1972-5 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001).
The quotation of Cyril Connolly is taken from The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle, by Palinurus (1944). The quotation of Osip Mandelstam is taken from The Noise of Time, trans. Clarence Brown (Quartet Books, 1988).
We have made every effort to trace copyright holders. We greatly regret any omissions, but these will be rectified in future editions.
INDEX
Aachen Cathedral, postcard of
Aalto, Alvar
ABC radio
Abidjan
Abomey, BC writes from
Aborigines and
Abu’l Faz’land n
Abu Simbel
Accra, BC writes from
Acheson, Nigel
letters to
Adam, Peter
letters to
Adams, Lindaand n
Adelaide
Festival
Adler, Renataand n
Aegina
Afghanistan
BC’s film idea based on episode on trip to
BC’s visits to
Africa see also names of countries
Agades
BC writes from
Agadir
Agontimé, Queen of Dahomey
Agra
Ahmed, Akbar (‘Dumpy’)and n
AIDS/HIV
Ai Khanum
Aïr Mountains
Aitken, Gillonand n
letters to
Aix
Schatzkammer
Akbar, Ghulamand n
Alaska
Albigenses
Alexander the Great
Al Fayed, Mohamed
Algeriasee also Algiers
Alghero
Algiersand n
Alhaurin-el-Grande
Alice Springs
BC in
Allan, Ranaldand n
Alpujaras, the
Alunda, postcard from
Amanullah
Amazons
Achilleon, postcard from
America
BC sends postcards to parents from
BC makes frequent trips for Sotheby’s to
BC has eye problems after working in
BC’s marriage arranged to take place in
the Chatwins’ wedding and honeymoon in
BC involved in exhibition arrangements in
EC visits for her sister’s wedding
BC stays in Oregon
BC stays in rented house on Fishers Island
In Patagonia published in
reviews of In Patagonia in
Elizabeth deals with family affairs in
BC comments on situation in
BC recommended for Yaddo fellowship
BC based at Yaddo
reviews of On the Black Hill in
BC plans to teach in Vassarand n
BC describes visit to
AIDS/HIV in
brief references and n
see also names of places
America
American Indians
Amis, Kingsleyand n
Amis, Martin
Amritsarand n
Amsterdam, BC writes from
Anatolia
Andalusia
Anderson, Sherwood
Andes
Angelico, Fra, sale of paintings by
Ankara
BC writes from
Annacatand n
Ansari
Anti-Slavery Societyand n
Antofagasta
Apsall: St Mary Church of Grace
Apt
postcard of
Arabs
Arctic Tern pictureand n
Arequipa
Aretino
Argentina
BC writes from
Argentina Austral
Arnold, Eveand n
Artemis
Art News
Aryan myth
Aryans
Ashland
Asia House Gallery exhibition, BC involved in
Askey, Arthur
Astor, Chiquita
Athens
postcard sent from
Athos see Mount Athos
Atlantic Oceanand n
Atlas mountains
Attlee, Clement
Aubenas-les-Alpes
BC writes from
Aula
Aurobindo, Sriand n
Australia
BC’s visits to
brief references
see also names of places
Austria
BC writes from
Avebury
Avery, Peterand n
Avon, Clarissa, Eden, Countess ofand n
Ayer’s Rock
Babel, Isaacand n
Red Cavalry
Babur, Zahir ud-Din Mohammad: The Baburnama and n
Bacchae
Bache, Andrew
Badakhshan
Badmintonand n
Horse Trials
Badrinath
Bagshaw, Geoffand n
Bahia Blanca
Bail, Margaretand n
letter to
Bail, Murray and n
letters to
Writings:
Holden’s Performance
Ian Fairweatherand n
Bailey, Pauland n
Baja Caracolles
BC writes from
Bakhtiari nomads
Bala Hissar
Balfour, Christopher
Balkh: Nouh Gumbed
Ball, Mr (vicar)and n
Ballinger, Lennyand n
Baltit
Baluchistan
Balzac, Honoré de
Bamyan, postcard from
Bananasand n
Banbury
Bangladesh
Bangor
Barcelona
BC writes from
Bargello, the, Florence
Bari
Bariloche
Barnes, Julian
Barnett, Dr
Barnett, Christopher
Barnett, John
Barnett, Monica and n
letters to
Barnt Greenand n
Barrágan, Luis
Barrytown Explorer
Bartleet, Guy
Bartlett, Mr
Bartlett, Magnus
letters to
Basawanand n
Basel Kunstmuseum, postcard from
Baslow
Basses-Alpessee also Oppedette
Batey, Andrewand n and n
Bavanoff-Rosimé, M.E.
Bayreuth Festival
BBCand n
Beagle Bay
Beas, River
Beatles, theand n
Beauchamp Chapel
Beaufort, Duke of
Becker, David
Beirut
BC writes from
Beja
Béké, Étterem
Belgrade
Belgranoand n
Bell, Eileenand n
Bell, Pam
letters to
Bellucci, Marcoand n
Benares
BC writes from
Bengal
Benin, Republic of/Dahomey and n
BC writes from
Benin artworks
Bennett, Alan
Bennett, Sarah
letter to
Berlin
Berlin, Isaiah
Berlin Troy catalogue
Berlin Wall
Bermou
Bernhard, Thomasand n
Concrete
Correction
Gathering Evidence
Wittgenstein’s Nephew
Bernhard, William (Bill)and n
Bernhardt, Sarah
Betjeman, Johnand nand n
Betjeman, Penelope
EC’s description of
travels with EC and other companions
BC visits
and On the Black Hill
death
ashes scattered
BC writes to the Leigh Fermors about
brief references
Bhagavad Gitaand n
Bhimtal
BC writes from
Bhutan
king of
Birmingham
Birmingham Archaeological Society
Birr Castle
BC writes from
Black Mountains
Blake, William
Bliss Collectionand n
Blixen, Karenand n
Blue Mountains
Bodleian
Bogamils
Bole, Allen
Bolivia
Bologna, Giovanni da
Bombayand n
Bombay Talkie
Bonn
Landesmuseum
Bonnieux
Booker Prize
Boona
Booz, Elizabeth
Booz, Paddyand n
Borchardt, Anneand n
Borchardt, Georgesand n
Bordeaux
Borges, Jorge Luisand nand n
Borobudur
Bororo Peuls
Bosch, M. Van den
Bosphorus
Boston
Boston Globe
Botswana
BC writes from
Boumaza, Da’ad (Fatby; Fattles) and n
Bowlby, Anthony and Doeand n
Boyd, Alasdairand n
Boyd, Hilaryand n
Brain, Dr Charles Kimberlin (‘Bob’)
letter to
Brain, Ted
Bratislava
Bratt, Mr
Bratt, Percevald (Percy)and n
Bratt, Peter
Bratt, Thomas
Bratt family
Braun-Menendez, Amando
Brauns, the
Brazil
BC in
Brecon
Brenan, Geraldand n
letters to
Bridges, Tommy and Raeand n
Brindisi
British Museum
British School in Tehran
Brodsky, Josefand n
Bromley-Davenport, Walter and Lenetteand n
Brooklyn Bridge, postcard of
Brooklyn Museum, postcard from
Broome
Brown, Clarence
letters to
Brown, Louise Brydon
Brown Mountain Trail
Brown’s Green Farm
BC writes from
Bruce, Leighand n
Brummer, Ernest
Bruning, J.L.: Biological Clocks in Seasonal Reproductive Cyclesand n
Buber, Martinand n
Bucephalus
Bucharest
Budapest
postcard from Budapest Museum
Buddhism
Buenos Aires
BC writes from
Buford, Bill
BC’s’ response to Among the Thugs and n
Bulgaria
Bull, Dr Richard
letter to
Bunin, Ivanand n
Bunker, Emma
letters to
Burma
Burning Ghats
Burnley Building Societyand n
Burroughs, William
Burton, Richard
Bylanyand n
Byron, Robert
The Road to Oxiana
The Station
Cadiz
Cairo
postcard from
Calasso, Robertoand n
BC’s entry in visitor’s book
letter to
California
Camara, Bishop Hélderand n