A Dash One Hat

Here is that photo portrait of Tony Dash wearing one of his precious hats. On his desk is a letter that had arrived that morning from my cousin Peter, who was living in America at the time. I had taken a book I of my own writings 'Drawing From This', which had been hand  bound by a friend of mine Donato Cinicolo, and which I had received in the post from St Albans, a few days before. It can also be seen on the desk to the left of the typewriter. Reflected in the mirror is Barney, Tony's son, who will now be in his early thirties. On the wall there is a photo reproduction of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett, who was still alive then but died the following year. 'Waiting for Godot', arguably Beckett's most famous play, features a single stark, almost leafless tree for a set...