Sheldon is Kevin Sheldon .. he was a friend of Trev's .. a producer at Decca records. Trevor worked for them as an A&R man .. not sure what period that was.

I met Trevor in, um 1977 when he lived in Worthing and met Kevin on a trip to LOndon together on some mission .. perhaps just to see Kevin I'm not sure, I was only 17! (anyway we were met at the door with the greeting "Me f*cking wife's just left me", and then I think we all proceeded to get very, very drunk.)

CHARLEY ... RE. Malawi human rights isn't so bad as Zimbabwe .. the tribal based politics is not a feature of life - having been rigorously repressed by Dr Kamuzu Banda. Of course the poverty is grinding and has got worse since democratic elections for reasons to long-winded to go into on this thread. I have no idea how Margaret copes, but I gather from a mutual friend who was called to the hospital after Trevor had been hit by the car (but in fact was already dead when Martin got there), that people see to that she's "okay". Although a Malawian version of "okay" is far different from what we perceive "okay" as. I'll give Trevor's aunty a ring and see what she knows/ has heard.

Hille