| Description | Numerous extracts of draft autobiographical material relating to Ronald Duncan's second volume of autobiography (published as 'How to Make Enemies', Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968) and possibly others. Many different numbering systems appear and there has been some attempt at indexing as many extracts bear tabs with titles and dates. The extracts record events from Duncan's family and professional life, mentioning Britten's 'War Requiem', 'The Rape of Lucretia', 'This Way to the Tomb', 'The Eagle has Two Heads', Letters to William', 'Abelard & Heloise', 'Saint Spiv', 'Stratton', 'Lost Weekend', 'La Belle et La Bete', 'Our Lady's Tumbler', 'Christopher Sly'. 'Don Juan', 'The Mongrel' and the Taw and Torridge Festival among other things. The extracts also include autobiographical material on Duncan's associations with many noteable names, including:
Lord Beaverbrook
Hermann Bondi
Adrian Boult
Benjamin Britten
Clive Brook
Roy Campbell
Jean Cocteau
T.S. Eliot
Valerie Eliot
Jacob Epstein
Mahatma Gandhi
Thomas Gold
W.S. Graham
Robert Graves
Lord Harewood
Ashley Jukes
Wyndham Lewis
Gabriel Pascal
Peter Pears
Gerard Portsmouth
Ezra Pound
Anna Proclemer
Queen Mary
Marion Stein
Kenneth Tynan
Henry Williamson
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