Upward Road

This is the story of my life, up to the age of 23. It covers growing up in Halifax, Yorkshire and then universities in Oxford, France and Liverpool, up until the time of my marriage at the age of 23. The inspiration for the book is partly a series of twelve novels, collectively know as Dance to the Music of Time, by Anthony Powell, which drew heavily on Powell's own life. This is the first part of my dance to the music of time, and there will a further part to it, though this is no novel.