Zachary Leader - The life of Kingsley Amis

All illustrations marked * are courtesy of Lady Kilmarnock.

Amis family wedding photograph*; W.R. Amis with Cannon Street Football Club (Carrow Works Magazine, Vol. XIV:2, January 1921, by kind permission of Unilever from an original in Unilever Archives); KA, aged nine*; KA's childhood home, 7 Ena Road, Norbury (Drawing by George Murray); F.R. Dale, Headmaster, City of London School (by kind permission of the Headmaster, City of London School); Rev. C.J. Ellingham, Classics Master, CLS (by kind permission of the Headmaster, City of London School); CLS boys at Marlborough College during the Second World War, 1940 (by kind permission of the Headmaster, City of London School); The Great Ice Storm of January 1940 (Marlborough College Natural History Society Report, by kind permission of the Master, Marlborough College); KA, c. twelve years old ( British Library Reproductions The British Library Board); Philip Larkin and fellow undergraduates, St John's College, Oxford, Summer 1942 (courtesy of the Philip Larkin Estate, Society of Authors); KA and fellow undergraduates, St John's College, Oxford, Summer 1942 (courtesy of the Philip Larkin Estate, Society of Authors); Lieutenant KA and fellow officers, 1945*; KA's batman, Bert Wootton, c. 1945 (courtesy of the Kingsley Amis Literary Estate); St John's College Humanitarian Society, 1947 (courtesy of Sir Mervyn Brown); Hilly at seventeen, 1946*; KA, Hilly and her sister Margaret Miggy Partington (ne Bardwell), 1948*; KA, Hilly and Mandy, their dog, 1949*; Leonard Bardwell (Daddy B), c. 1935-39 (by kind permission of the East Surrey Morris Men website: www.esmm.org.uk); KA at Abbey Timbers, 1946 (courtesy of the Philip Larkin Estate, Society of Authors); Margery and Leonard Bardwell, Abbey Timbers, c. 1948-50 (courtesy of Margaret Righton, ne Bardwell); William Bardwell, Hilly's older brother (courtesy of Margaret Righton); Bruce Montgomery, 1958 (courtesy of the Philip Larkin Estate, Society of Authors); Philip Larkin, 1962 (courtesy of the Philip Larkin Estate, Society of Authors); John Wain, 1958 ( Mark Gerson/National Portrait Gallery, London); KA's students at Swansea, Geoffrey Nicholson, David Rees and Clive Gammon (published in Dawn, 1952, the official publication of the Students Union Council, University College, Swansea (LF1215D18)); KA in staff-student Hamlet, 1953 (The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS Eng. c. 6050, fol.65); KA, Swansea, 1958 ( Slim Aarons/Getty Images)

KA, 1955 (John Deakin/Vogue The Cond Naste Publications Ltd.); KA and Hilly with Philip, Sally and Martin, 1955 (Daniel Farson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images); University College of Swansea, 1952 (Image from Swansea University College Brochure by kind permission of University College, Swansea); Anthony Powell, Philip Larkin, KA and Hilly, 1958 (courtesy of the Philip Larkin Estate, Society of Authors); Journalists at the bar at Rules, c. 1960 (photograph by Ormond Gigli); KA, 1957 (National Portrait Gallery Diane Fernald, the Estate of Rollie McKenna); Robert Conquest, 1963 (courtesy of the Philip Larkin Estate, Society of Authors); KA, Hilly and Jean McAndrew in Princeton, New Jersey, 1959*; Martin, Sally and Philip Amis, Princeton, 1958*; KA, Hilly and Aunt Gladys, Washington, DC, 1958*; WR. Amis, Princeton, 1959*; Sally, Princeton, 1958 *; Life at Madingley Road, Cambridge, by Elisabeth Rukeyser, 1963 ( Elisabeth Rukeyser); Hilly, Sally, George and Pat Gale and Timothy Houghton, Swansea, c. 1960-61*; KA and Robert Graves, pushing car, Deya, Majorca, 1962 (courtesy of William Graves); KA at wedding reception of Elisabeth and William Rukeyser, 1963 (courtesy of Elisabeth and William Rukeyser); KA with Robert Graves, Deya, 1962 (courtesy of William Graves); KA and Hilly, Swansea, c.1960 (King Collection/Retna); KA, Yugoslavia, 1963*

KA and Elizabeth Jane Howard at their wedding reception, the offices of Jonathan Cape, 29 June 1965 (Daily Sketch/photograph by Don Price); KA and EJH at 108 Maida Vale, c. 1967 ( Giselle Freund/Nina Beskow); EJH, 1975 ( Jerry Bauer); KA outside Lemmons, 1970 ( Mark Gerson); KA and EJH, Sanderson advertisement, Lemmons, 1973 (by kind permission of Arthur Sanderson and Sons); EJH, Colin Howard and Sargy Mann at Lemmons, 1969 (courtesy of Elizabeth Jane Howard); Amis in Greece, Summer 1969 (courtesy of Elizabeth Jane Howard); KA and EJH with Keeleys and friends, Greece, summer 1969 (courtesy of Elizabeth Jane Howard); EJH with Dolly Burns, Jamaica, 1966 (courtesy of Elizabeth Jane Howard); KA with Czech guide, 1966 (courtesy of Elizabeth Jane Howard); KA at Vanderbilt, 1967 (courtesy of Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archive); Sally Amis, 1973*; Martin Amis, 1973 (cover of The Rachel Papers); Philip Amis, c.1980*; Colin Howard, 1970 (courtesy of Elizabeth Jane Howard); Jaime Boyd and Hilly, 1984*; Alastair Boyd, 1992 (courtesy of Alastair Boyd); KA at his 70th birthday party, with Martin Amis, Mavis Nicholson and Paul Fussell, 16 April 1992*; Philip Larkin in Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull, 1981 (photograph Christopher Barker, courtesy of the Philip Larkin Estate, Society of Authors); KA at pub in Wales, with Michael and Virginia Rush and Stuart Thomas, 1994 (courtesy of Michael and Virginia Rush); The Queen's, Regents Park Road, 1990 (photograph by Jaime Boyd)*; KA at home, 194 Regents Park Road, 1990 ( Martin Black); The Coffee Room, Garrick Club, painting by Julian Barrow, 1989 (Garrick Club/The Art Archive); 70, 71 KA in Laugharne, Wales, August 1995 (courtesy of Michael and Virginia Rush); KA leaving Swansea, with Eric Jacobs in the background, August 1995 (courtesy of Michael and Virginia Rush).

Letter from KA to Philip Larkin, 27 January 1950 (The Bodleian Library, Oxford); Letter from Hilly to KA, 12 May 1965 (Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California); Page from guestbook of Virginia and Michael Rush, 31 August 1995, Swansea (courtesy of Michael and Virginia Rush).