9 July 1970 Hammersmith Is Out could go at the end of the year and E wants a bloke who is very hot at the moment called Robert Redford. She says he's very good.

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3 August 1975 Glorious day. ETB phoned. What will it be like seeing her again. I'm a little scared.

1 August 1975 National Holiday. Went shopping Geneva. Bought new typewriter.

Sunday 13 July 1975 ETB returned Leningrad. She sounds a harassed mess. Wonder if I can put up with all that again. Also she is beginning to sound like her mother at times. Frightening prospect.

1 July 1975 Tuesday. Biked and read am perfectly content when not boozing.

Friday 20 June 1975 Same.

18 June 1975 Wednesday. Boozed mildly. Weather dreadful.

June 10 1975 Lunched at La Reserve. Took MG to be overhauled. Read, but still no writing. All this stuff bursting to come out but no response from the body - writing I mean.

9 June 1975 Write letter to ETB but can't bring myself to send it.

Thursday 29 May 1975 Wrote E. Read and read.

Weds 28 May 75 Lunch and chat with one Goldman - potential producer of Dustman. Dread it. Turned out to be nice but callow. Too much so for a producer perhaps. We shall see. Saw Leeds beaten by Huns.

Tuesday 27 May 1975 Home from three day check-up in clinic. OK everywhere except for slightly enlarged liver. No wonder.

Monday 26 May 1975 More tests hate clinics

Saturday 24 May 1975 Went into clinic late afternoon.

Friday 23 May 1975. Booze.

Thursday 22 May 1975. Booze

Tues 20 May 1975 Booze.

Monday 19 May 1975 Booze.

Sunday 18 May 1975 Booze.

Friday 16 May 75 Read all day. Talked E in Leningrad. Sounded fine. Her film moving at last. No news of mine. Hope there never is.

15 May 75 Phew! Terence Young called Solowicz to tell me not to come. For this relief much thanks. Weather gorgeous.

14 May 75 Celigny. Had a shock when Solowicz (legal adviser) called and said they want me back in Nice tonight. Said NO! unless money actually in bank. Will await results today with trepidation. Wanna stay home and read and write!

About to watch Mr Burton plus a Q&A with producer & writer, Josh Hyams.

5 Sep 80 time to awaken Susan who is going to see The Empire Strikes Back a sequel to Star Wars. She goes with Bill Parry and two girls from the chorus Melanie and Laura. I may go with them. They guarantee me bad acting which I enjoy. #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Sat 3 May 75 (75.5 kg) Heard from Brook and Solowicz that I start work again on Monday in Nice. Mixed feelings but chiefly (a) money and (b) might as well get it over. Watched West Ham beat Fulham in English Cup Final. Soccer's very dull even on this occasion. Can't understand its popularity.

Fri 2 May 75 (76kg) Rode bike to Founex for milk for JB's breakfast. Couldn't carry other odd and ends on bike so biked back and drove back to pick up goods. Had one martini (vodka) All fuzzy. Wired Kate on acceptance in collleges. Am giving her car. Weather still miraculous. Very sunburned.

Thurs 1 May 75 (77kg) Had dinner with Strosses at Cully (Hotel de Raisin) good food and cosy room. Stross same as all producers. Full of rubblish. Offered me another script. Will read. JB drove both ways. Early to bed.

Weds 30 Apr 75 (77.5 kg) Bought JB (Jeannie Bell) watch bought myself Power Certina for deep sea diving. When I am going to do that nobody knows. Now watch stopped during night Furious. Coffee'd & bicycled break-neck speed around block. Read. Times crossword. Martini at lunch. Ugh! Read. Read. Read.

Tues 29 April 75 (77.5kg) Shopped in Nyon. Read Parkinson's book on footballer Best. Horribly common. Talked to E last night. Sounds very depressed. Her film like mine seems doomed.

Mon 28 Apr 75 (77.5kg) Yesterday sunned, read new biography of Coleridge by one Fruman. Fascinating. Rode on bike to Commugny and back. Non-stop. Don't feel going on 50 at all. More like 40. Had raclette at Village near Nyon.

Sunday 27 Apr 75 (78kg) Had a Gibson. First for weeks. Hated it though well made by JB. Sunbathed, read, bicycled all day. Bise still blowing therefore weather perfect. Garden a riot of colour. Cherry, apple, pear, peach blossom. Talked E in hospital. Sounds much chippier.

Fri 25 Apr 75 (Gstaad) Had lunch between Vevey and Lausanne. Good food. (Le Vieux Moulin) Place - village yclept Epesse. Mara says Howard to give straight talk to E. Wish he w'nt put her misplaced loyalty on defensive.

23 Apr 75 (77.5kg) Fasted all day talked E in London hospital. Sounds v. little. Can't keep anything down ...

17 Apr 75 Celigny (78kg) Sunbathed. Biked.

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15 Mar 72 Our 8th wedding anniversary. Where do we think we shall celebrate, in a small cafe, tete-a-tete. eyes misting over with memories, dancing cheek to cheek. Ah no. We have something far better. We're going to be at the British Bloody embassy with their excellent bores the ambassador & dress.

1 March 72 St David's Day and they're all going to school in Wales bearing daffodils and leeks and there will be singing in the Assembly Hall and competitions and a great many will get drunk tonight except me of course. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

28 Feb 72 At one time as I was sitting in a booth with Frankie Howerd, Susannah York and Stephen Spender the rest of the party swept past us doing the conga. I was googleeyed. Led by the family the whole thing passed before our eyes with Grace Kelly in the middle of it. Unbelievable.

27 Feb Happy Birthday E

26 Feb 72 Francis Warner said he would like to see me.. I said I would call him...He was obviously bursting to tell me & said something very quickly & in tone of espionage. 'Fellowship at Oxford'. I'm intrigued it could be a step towards a D.Litt., which is the only honour I really covet.

19 Feb 72 I read a lot of the biography of Einstein and indeed to God begin to think that - poetically at least - I was understanding the relativity of time and space but very much through a glass darkly.

15 Feb 72 I am still as purely non-alcoholic as the scion of two AA's.

14 Feb 72 I don't think however that I will get a face lift like that abject Rod Steiger... it makes him look like one half of a naked ass-hole. In addition to which, he says, he can't get any jobs and will soon be broke. It might be because people don't want to be looking at a talking ass-hole.

13 Feb 72 We had our shots and E's left a lump like a goose egg whereas mine left nothing at all except a lot of blood on my underpants and pyjamas. I forgot to tell the Doctor that I am a bleeder. Whatever will the laundry think...