Five-Year Diary: Thursday, 18th March 1976
The day was too dull for anything more than some end-of-day jottings.
English: Test on spelling words and the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
French: Countries: Angleterre, Etats Unis, Deutschland. Whatever.
Maths: Topology.
German: test 14/20, or as I’d prefer 19/39 or 19/45.
Latin: set prep. No teacher, just a book.
I send a card to Mum for Mother’s Day.
Games: go up Winder and look for the waterfall. I love disappearing into ravines and following the source of brooks to hillside springs, or a water trough. Water-ever.
Project Centre: Shape wood for my salt and pepper pots. I’m Rubbish.
Evening Ents: Change into Sunday clothes to go and see ‘The Boyfriend’ in Powell Hall. Our housemaster and his daughter were in it. At Oxford I auditioned for The Boyfriend. The director, Derick Wax, offered me the role. Instead, I played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. Did I get that choice wrong?
A cup of coffee and biscuits for 10p. What a rip off!
Read more Isaac Asimov after lights off.
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