Derek Jarman

‘What started as a book on the frustration of funding led to the writing of an autobiography at forty… I had so little to do in the daylight hours, I stayed up late unbuttoning Levis in back rooms.’ The first in Derek Jarman’s autobiographical journals, spanning the 60s and 70s to its publication in 1984. […]

In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness. Facing an uncertain future, he nevertheless found solace in nature, growing all manner of plants. While some perished beneath wind and sea-spray others flourished, creating brilliant, unexpected beauty in the wilderness. […]