«Present on every page is the creative sparkle and compellingly generous spirit of a man who was in every way an uncompromising individual»

The Times

«In these diaries... the artist and film director emerges as a down-to-earth visionary... this perceptive and enjoyable work is something of a miracle»

Independent

«For all his anger, Jarman never seems brutalised. He retains his humanity and his good humour. His is a wonderfully garrulous, mercurial, polymathic daemon»

Literary Review

«Jarman [is] the sort of troublemaking visionary who one day may be compared with Blake»

John Gill, Time Out

«Gossipy, candid, funny, and, as Jarman’s illness takes hold, powerfully moving»

Choice Magazine