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Acknowledgements Special thanks to Tony Peake who freely gave his time, encouragement and advice, without him Smiling in Slow Motion would not have been written, or published. Turning Derek's handwritten diaries into this volume has taken many hours and would not have been possible without the help and support of many patient friends: Derek Ball; Alan Beck; Robyn Beeche, for the photograph of Andrew Logan; Hannah Black; Mark Booth; Ken Butler; John Cartwright, for the Moscow Film Festival photograph; Alison Darren, for the photograph of Sarah Graham; Brook Dillon, for the Sundance photograph; Peter Fillingham; Rebecca Fortnum, for the photograph of Peter Fillingham; Harriet Frazer; Sarah Graham; Donny Hudson, for the LA photograph; Lynn Hanke; Nicholas de Jongh; the crew of the Kellyjoe; Andrew Logan; Karl Lydon; Master Frank Massar; Paul Mattsson, for the England's Glory photograph; Jane McCarten, for the photograph of Alan Beck; Peaches Minnelli; Pop-it-in-Pete and the Dungenettes; Sandy Powell; Anya Sainsbury for the beachcombing photograph; Richard Salmon; the staff of Richard Salmon Ltd; Shipley's bookshop; Donald 'Smudger' Smith; Howard Sooley; Edward Sykes, for the Gay Law Reform photograph; Peter Tatchell; Gaye Temple; Neil Tennant; June Thomas; Tania and Michelle Wade; Nicholas Ward-Jackson; lisa Yardley. Lifelong appreciation to the staff of St. Mary's and St. Bartholomew's hospital, London. 392 ...

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