oouDocuments on the Doc serenades us on Kevin’s indifferently tuned piano, ending with a mischievous medley on the Horst Wessel Song. I hope their neighbours were not offended… [ Previous Radical’s Diary ] March 20, 2009 (Friday) Windsor (England) AT THREE P.M. we drive into Eton. Almost at once B. texts me with very bad news; I try to feed some proper optimism back into her [. . .]

At the NatWest bank in Chiswick, we encounter lengthy difficulties in paying in a £100 cheque. There is a special mark on the account, says the girl (rather unpleasantly) and this prevents her paying in cheques; she vanishes and spends a long time with the manager, and eventually I have to run