Blank spaces, evidently the result of placing another sheet of paper between the page and the plate, are indicated. Other gaps between dates are in the original—Ross was, on this evidence, only an intermittent diary-keeper.No attempt has been made to reproduce the numerous doodles and scribbles, mostly of a sexual, abstract, or violent nature, that deface the text and its margins.29/11/79 Trains home to Greenock for Hogmanay. Laden wi presents for Mum, Dad, and the weans. Also washing. Papers full of Afghanistan. All so fucking right-wing and hypocritical I have to fight down reflex to side with Russia. So take a deep fucking breath, Stewart, even the CP has condemned the invasion. Reading more of Conquest's book on train sort of helped to get a perspective.Anyway…dear future reader (hopefully moi) big news personally is that the other night at party in the Broughton Hilton I met this amazing lassie. Amanda Stone. Yank, with Eng. (?Scottish? does it make any diff?) arist. ancestry.
