Thanks for that investigation Becky and do please continue if you wish.

Malcolm rarely spoke of himself - though Ron Day did an hour long interview with him just after Xmas and that was broadcast apart from one section which I shall broadcast Friday if I get it ready in time - it needs some editing.

Most local people knew of his illustration work though he rarely talked about it elsewhere. Remarkably he was not an illustrator by training (he came to Sheffield and like many people who come as students he stayed) He came here to study french (you will note some references to his linguistics) and fell into illustrating through the student union newspaper. People offered him money and that is how he came into the work.

Like some of the other aspects of his life, he fell into illustrating accidentally and approached it with the meticulousness he approached anything.