Part 2 (1/2)

Jules is a ained this while he was at Bedford where he became a listener He's also quiet and considerate about rets his involves, and is one of the few prisoners I've come across who I aain I do a so over the final draft toh today's mail, which is just as supportive as the letters I received in Belmarsh There is, however, one ht to share with you

University College Hospital London 1/8/01 430 pm My dear Lord Archer Many poets and writers have written much of their best work in prison, OWfor one However, I cannot conceive of you having to spend four miserable years in a maximum security prison I spent 60 days in such a facility in Canada on a tru the peace

I escaped by a e for your ie, however, only if you are willing to donate 15m to my charity foundation

I can be contacted anytime at 020 7- If you would like some company, choose three non-criminal or white-collar offenders to join with you,foran appropriate amount

Yours as an artist, I anature In the second post there is another letter in the same bold red hand: 1/8/01 505 p sealed ike letter to you I realized that I wrote 15m instead of15m So just to reassure you, I' you and a few other trustworthy buddies! Yours in every greater art,Again, I cannot read the signature

DAY 25

SUNDAY 12 AUGUST 2001

556 am

Woken by voices in the corridor, two officers, one of them on a walkie-talkie They open a cell door and take a prisoner away I will find out the details when my door is unlocked in a couple of hours' time

605 aar Puffs (prison issue), long-life milk (mine, because it's Sunday) Beans on burnt toast (prison's)

1000 an up You are allowed to take out two books, a third if your official work is education The library is about the sa room and, to be fair, just as well stocked

They have everything fro, I, Claudius to Harry Potter

However, although Forsyth, Grisham, Follett and Jilly Cooper are much in evidence, I can find none of my books on the shelves I hope that's because they are all out on loan

Lifers often tell me they've read them all - slowly - and in some cases several times

I take out a copy of The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse, which I haven't read in years, and Famous Trials selected by John Mortimer Naturally I have to fill in another form, and then my choices are stamped by the library orderly - a prisoner - to be returned by 26 August I' to have moved on by then

Kevin, the prisoner who stamps my library card, tells me that all my books were re transferred to Wayland

'Why?' I ask

”Direct order froovernor It see your books, and if they could then get you to Sign them, the black- except the thousand pounds, which sounds like a tabloid figure

1030 am I check my watch, leave the library and quickly make myway across to the chapel on the other side of the corridor

There is no officer standing by the entrance It suddenly hits me that I haven't been searched since the day I arrived

I'm a couple ofplace, as there are only three other prisoners sitting in the pews, along with the chaplain John Fraown and black cape with cri, and welcomes me with literally open arms

The chapel is very impressive, with its wood-panelled walls and s the life of Christ The si a white cross with splashes of gold There is also a large wooden cross hanging fro consists of six rows of twenty wooden chairs set in a semicircle reminiscent of a sroup of men and women all dressed in red T-shi+rts enters by the backdoor They asseuitars and a flautist practises a few notes

She's very pretty I wonder if it's because it's allant thought She is pretty

By ten forty-five the congregation has swelled to seven, but we are still outnu choir The prisoners are all seated to the right of the altar while the choir is standing on the left A ests we move across and join him on their side of the chapel All seven of us dutifully obey I've just worked out why the congregation at Belmarsh was over two hundred, week in and week out, while at Wayland it's down to seven Here you are allowed to stroll around the buildings for long periods of time, so if you wish to , it's not all that difficult In Belmarsh, chapel was a rare opportunity to catch up with a friend fros and occasionally even pray

The chaplain then walks up to the front, turns and welco shi+ne who, he tells us, are a local group that perform for several churches in the diocese

We all join in the first hymn, ”He Who Would Valiant Be', and shi+ne turn out to be rather good Despite our depleted nu Once the chaplain has delivered the opening prayer, he coation He doesn't conduct any other part of the service, as that has been left in the capable hands of the leader of shi+ne Next we sing 'A Grace', which is followed by a lesson fro another hymn we are addressed by the leader of shi+ne He takes his text fro of the Good Samaritan He talks about people alk by on the other side when you are in any trouble This time I do thank God for my family and friends, because so few of them have walked by on the other side

The service ends with a blessing fro up their ti I have just experienced

1209 pm I call Mary in Grantchester How I arden at the Old Vicarage: the s the fish and watching students idly punting on the Cam Mary briefs ran Office and the KDP (Kurdish Democratic Party) have confirmed how the money for the Kurds was raised and distributed I try to think how Ms Nicholson will spin herself out of this one

Mary reminds me that she can't come to see me until she receives a VO I confiroes on to tell me that her own book, Photoconversion Volume One: Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics (advance sales 1,229, price 110), has been well received by the acade fah I've come to the end of my twenty units, I don't tell her that I aht cause trouble for Dale, especially if the conversation is being taped I proree a tiotten, the calls are always one way: OUT

My next call is to Ja a lunch party for ten friends at our apart He tells : Roquefort, fig and walnut salad, spaghetti, and ice cream, followed by Brie, Stilton or Cheddar This will be accoin to salivate”Dinner' yells an officer, and I quickly return to the real world

1220 petables (they ether), an apple, supplelass of Evian

Guests: pre-selected

100 prab Darren's Sunday Tiairl in Essex by Neil and Christine Haraphically described in Dale's News of the World, and the implausible story is memorable for Christine Ha, it would be in Kensington or Chelsea, not Essex'

We play several ga questions me about the contest for the Tory party leadershi+p Darren (marijuana only) is a fan of Michael Portillo, and asks how I feel I tell hiht have been wise of the 1922 Committee to let all three candidates who reached the second round - Clarke 59, Duncan Smith 54 and Portillo 53 - be presented to the partyMichael out is bound to create so and may even cause trouble in the future It's quite possible that the membershi+p would have rejected Portillo in any case, but I feel that they should have been allowed the opportunity to do so

Dale (wounding with intent) is a huge fan of Margaret Thatcher, while Jimmy (Ecstasy courier) voted for John Major