… head feeling vile, swimmy and dopey … (Diary, 8/6/88)
June 8th Wednesday. Leg still sore, & head feeling vile, swimmy and dopey
For award-winning, internationally-acclaimed author Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92). By Anthony Lawton: godson, cousin & literary executor. Rosemary Sutcliff wrote historical fiction, children's literature and books, films, TV & radio, including The Eagle of the Ninth, Sword at Sunset, Song for a Dark Queen, The Mark of the Horse Lord, The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers, Dawn Wind, Blue Remembered Hills.
June 8th Wednesday. Leg still sore, & head feeling vile, swimmy and dopey
June 6th Monday. Nothing interesting, and the back of my leg very sore, sorer than its been for ages.
May 28th Saturday. Diane washed my hair for me this morning. Great relief. Head beastly – not of course improved by
April 7th, Thursday. Ray doing the lawn with combined weedkiller and fertiliser, so the dogs won’t be able to go out
Rosemary Sutcliff needed extensive treatment for juvenile arthritis and its consequences, long before there was an National Health Service in