A failing marriage is taken into situations and places that were never planned. To South Africa under apartheid and consequent political involvement; hitchhiking from Johannesburg to Addis Ababa; crocodile hunting safari; return to London and high positions in advertising; wife, a singer, performs at Establishment club and Royal Court Theatre; Marriage getting moldier; becoming a photographer, emigrating to US; divorce: sale of house. Becoming a filmmaker. Then a writer. Remarrying; having children, two daughters.