It was on my first trip to the UN in Vienna that I met Dave. I had heard all about him from my partner Mike Trace, who had abandoned me for the evening to go to some grand function. I found the aforementioned soulless UN bar and got talking to someone who someone else called Dave. “So, you’re the Dave Bewley-Taylor” I said to him. He laughed and took me under his wing for the evening - we went to a bar in the park in Vienna with the big wheel and it felt so Third Man-ish that we pretended to be spies – he had a spot of mischief about him. As everyone else has testified Dave was one of the cleverest, funniest, and least pompous people I have met. And he wanted to change the world without being worthy or martyrish. We met him for lunch on the Welsh coast and he had us in stitches telling us about his treatment – and that was about his cancer. I cannot believe such a vital man is no longer here (and I agree with Mike about the George Clooney-ness). I’m so, so sorry Cath, Poppy and Fynn. This world is so unfair. We are all thinking about you. xx
It was on my first trip to the UN in Vienna that I met Dave. I had heard all about him from my partner Mike Trace, who had abandoned me for the evening to go to some grand function. I found the aforementioned soulless UN bar and got talking to someone who someone else called Dave. “So, you’re the Dave Bewley-Taylor” I said to him. He laughed and took me under his wing for the evening - we went to a bar in the park in Vienna with the big wheel and it felt so Third Man-ish that we pretended to be spies – he had a spot of mischief about him. As everyone else has testified Dave was one of the cleverest, funniest, and least pompous people I have met. And he wanted to change the world without being worthy or martyrish. We met him for lunch on the Welsh coast and he had us in stitches telling us about his treatment – and that was about his cancer. I cannot believe such a vital man is no longer here (and I agree with Mike about the George Clooney-ness). I’m so, so sorry Cath, Poppy and Fynn. This world is so unfair. We are all thinking about you. xx
