A GAY TAPESTRY

By

Tony Millard

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 (Dedicated to the memory of my partner George Millard, whose recollections, notes and letters are used in this biography, along with recollections of his friends.)

‘When people complain there is no purpose, reason or justice in life, I remind them of a Chinese parable about a tapestry. From the back, it seems a jungle of unconnected meaningless threads but when you turn the tapestry over, there is a perfect pattern and design. Life is a tapestry.’ -  George Millard

INTRODUCTION

1. THE YEAR WE MET

2. BACK TO OUR ROOTS - EARLY CHILDHOOD

3. LATER CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE

4. GLASGOW AND GEORGE'S LETTERS TO ROY

5. THE 'SWINGING SIXTIES' IN LONDON

6. THE 'STALINIST' SIXTIES AND DISCOVERING THE GAY SCENE

7. GEORGE IN PARIS

8. BRADFIELD COURT

9. OUR FIRST CRISIS

10. INGELOW ROAD

11. RELATIONSHIP CRISIS, DECEMBER 1975

12. LAST YEARS AT INGELOW ROAD

13. JAY COURT

14. KAMBALA ESTATE

15. THE BEGINNING OF THE END

16. THE LAST WEEK TOGETHER

17. PICKING UP LOOSE THREADS

18. A LOVE BOND WHICH LIVES ON