Carol Morley writes for The Observer about the incredible archive of Audrey Amiss, discovered at the Wellcome Library whilst undertaking the Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship.

“As I entered the rare materials room, a shaft of lamplight struck the bold wording: “Warning – this box is heavy when full.” Without even lifting it, I sensed the weight of the life inside. Audrey Amiss’s archive totals 80 boxes and includes 50,000 sketches as well as her paintings and diaries. As I delved in I felt like a detective looking for clues. I found a receipt for a Cornetto and a glue stick, Audrey’s last purchases before her death, aged 79. In her passport, she wrote as her occupation: “Typist, Artist, Pirate, King.””

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Carol was also interviewed by Francine Stock on BBC Radio 4’s The Film Programme about the project – listen here.

 

Image: One of Amiss’s many ‘logbooks’, which are filled with food wrappers. Photograph: Wellcome Images