Part 15 (1/2)

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

To with my son James, to find out if the emerald has arrived I can't contact hied up at five-thirty, and he'll still be at work in the City

TomorrowMacho Malcolm leaves for his D-cat prison, and neither Darren nor Ji to breathe a word about his sex life until he's off the premises However, I can report that the woman officer as spotted outside Malcol down the corridor with him towards his cell But this is the stuff of ruive you the facts as reported by Darren and Jimmy However, Darren did let slip that three women were involved He knows only too well such a hint will keep ht

Tomorrow

As for today, I rise a few minutes before six and write for two hours

900 arapefruit into art class, and an e) as part of another still life he's drawing for his A level course Keith didn'teven take up painting until he was sent to prison When he comes up for parole in six e of forty-six, with an A level Much credit o to Anne and Paul, who are every bit as proud of this achievement as Keith himself

Keith tells oes on to say that he was in prison when his wife died of breast cancer at the age of thirty-nine He then adds the poignant comment, 'I shall not mourn her death until after I've been released'

Shaun (forgery, artist) confiriven up on Dale, and will now concentrate on Jules, Steve and Jimmy We discuss how he'll deal with the arrival on Wednesday of his cache of special drawing paper, oils, chalks and pencils without the other prisoners becoet our sler into any trouble, and we certainly don't need any other inmates to feel envious

Envy is even more prevalent in prisons than it is in the outside world, partly because all ehtened in such a hot-house ate afforded to one, however slight, seems so unfair to others who are not treated in the sa a book on the lives of the two great female Impressionists, Marie Laurencin and Berthe Morisot

200 praive you an update on o, Imachine, and today I passed 2,200 for the first tiet to a D-cat establishym

342 pm Mr Chapman unlocks my cell door to let me know that Mr Carlton-Boyce wants to see overnor onabout the reinstatement ofahead with any enquiry concerning the Simple Truth appeal

'However,' he adds, 'once that confirh, ill transfer you to an open prison as quickly as possible I a a pile of letters from the public every day,' he adds, 'but they just don't understand that my hands are tied' I accept this, but point out thatit's been six weeks, and the police haven't even interviewed me He nods, and then asks h I have a feeling he's referring to Ellis and the gym incident

530 pm I call Alison I ent, at five tomorrow and my son James at seven

I have to book 'time calls' because, as you will recall, no one can phone 545 pone over my script, I turn to my letters, one of which is fro the press can be when they want so

900 p four-part series on the six wives of Henry VIII I had no idea that Catherine of Aragon had been ainst the Scots (Flodden 1513) while Henry ay fighting his own battles in France, or that they were married for over thirty years, and of course would have reether until death if she had only produced a son

More please, Dr Starkey I can't wait to learn about Anne Boleyn next week; even I know that she was the mother of Elizabeth I, but not a lot more

1000 pm The lead story on the news is that John Prescott's retaliatory punch during the election can is to be referred to the CPS Over the past feeeks several in sentences fro so forward to the deputy pri us I have little doubt that the CPS will sweep the whole incident under the carpet, I say when I raise the subject with Darren They didn't in your case,' he reo unnoticed by the public that we can expect two levels of justice in Britain as long as New Labour are in power I just can't see Mr Prescott arriving at Belmarsh in teatboxes Perhaps I do the CPS an injustice Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

DAY 55 TUESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2001

539 am

I suspect that Tuesday September 1lth 2001 will be etched

on thethe blackest days in history But I shall still report it as it unfolded for e may appear frivolous

940 am Pottery is cancelled because Anne's car has broken down, so all the prisoners in the art class have to return to their cells (the first irony) Back on A block, everyone onhands with Malcolm, who is about to be transferred to a D-cat He comes tohi Hill is alsoyou?' I ask

They aren't,' he replies 'Now I'm in a D-cat and pastas I've checked in by three this afternoon, no one will give a da, than Jimmy slips into my cell 'I'm ready to talk now,' he says

Jimmy and Malcolm are both D-cats (Jimmy remains at Wayland because his home is nearby) and are the only two inmates at Wayland allowed to work outside the prison walls every day Both of therounds beyond the peri the week, and at an anis The sanctuary is a voluntary project, which concentrates on helping ani la to bury the at the sanctuary, Jie A them one lady who has left Malcoled looks of a matinee idol, and possesses an inordinate amount of charm

One of the tasks none of the volunteers relish is having to bury dead ani was no exception Everyone was surprised when the lady in question stepped forward and volunteered to bury Percy Malcolreed to accompany her into the forest that bordered the sanctuary

Armed with spades, they disappeared into the thicket

Forty-five minutes later they reappeared but, Jimmy noticed, minus their spades

'Where's your spade,else ere ed back into the forest, and Malcolm returned only just in tioes on to tell me that Malcolm left Wayland just in time, because one of the ladies who served behind the counter at faroup on Saturdays at the animal sanctuary Not tooutside his cellfor an hour two nights ago, who is now thinking of applying for a transfer

'God knows,' says Jiime is far more relaxed'

'Is he married?' I ask