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Today I finished writing a catalogue entry for a file on Petronella Breinburg, who wrote a number of children's books. Her first book, Legends of Suriname, was published by New Beacon in 1971. Subsequently, her series of books about a little boy called Sean, published by Bodley Head, made her more famous. A number of letters in the file refer to the horrendous time she had whilst doing her teaching practice in London schools in the 1970s.

Today I've been reading through the last of 9 files relating to the poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite. I started processing these files a few weeks ago. They are so rich that I have been taking my time with them, coming back to them inbetween other work and absorbing as much of the spirit of the files as I can. The main impression that will remain with me is the wonderful warmth and humour of the letters exchanged between EKB and John La Rose/Sarah White.