Such Things Happen

An enchanting book, with an excellent parade of drawings by, and photographs of, the characters in it. COUNTRY LIFEA raconteur of great skill... During the war he became a camouflage officer, of which he gives a fascinating description. THE TIMESIn this account of his life, designer and typographer John Lewis remembers those who helped to shape his career: Victor Steibel, Oliver Messel, Gabriel White, Edward Ardizzone, Basil Spence among them. His long association with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears included designing all the programme books for the Aldeburgh Festival from its beginnings in 1948, and set and costume design for Let's Make an Opera.