TIME BY THE SEA: ALDEBURGH 1955-1958

This book is about Ronald Blythe's life in Aldeburgh during the 1950s. He had originally come to the Suffolk coast as an aspiring young writer, but found himself drawn into Benjamin Britten's circle and began working for the Aldeburgh Festival. This memoir gathers up many early experiences: with Britten he explored ancient churches, with the botanist Denis Garrett he took delight in the marvellous shingle beaches and marshland plants, and he worked alongside the celebrated photo-journalist Kurt Hutton. His muse was Christine Nash, wife of the artist John Nash.