Monday morning, May 21. I’m on the Hebridean island of Jura, lost in reveries of farouche glen and pellucid sea, when an email from Ralph drags me back to south-east London: “News of the fire on the Cutty Sark jogged my Sixties’ memory and I dug out a drawing I did of the ship during my student days, when for two or three days a week I attended the London College of Printing and Graphic Arts on Back Hill in Clerkenwell. There were more drawings, but this is the only one that I could find. My art teacher, Leslie Richardson, had saved them all these years and returned them to me about six months ago. All grubby yet surprisingly good…”

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Will is due to discuss The Book of Dave with John Mullan, professor of English at University College London, on June 14 at the Guardian Newsroom, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1. Doors open at 6.30pm and entry costs £8. To book a ticket call 020 7886 9281 or email book.club@guardian.co.uk

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