Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1938

Geoffrey admits to Ida Carroll that despite seeming unaffected, "I am perturbed often, but probably not outwardly; if you could see 'inside' me you might sometimes find me far from calmness, very far, even with you."

He has finished his book, J.M. Barrie's "The Little White Bird" in a night by the fire. "If you give me an interesting book, I can read like anything."

He tried to arrange a short trip with her, anywhere, "a trip to anywhere could suit me if you go too." In the meantime, he is looking forward to going to Sale [probably to play cards with friends]. He goes on a tangent about modern art forms such as Surrealism, which he reckons that by pinning orange peel to a block of wood you could call Sunrise. And The New Poetry, modern form, which he claims is easy to write but not easy to understand. He has a go himself, which he graciously gives Ida the copyright to as he teases that it may be famous one day, and drops a little limerick in the letter too.

He likes to listen to the radio with the lights out, "Just the thing for a pale wintry evening." He apologises for the seating mistake at a play they attended and praises her for looking so young always.

Ref: CARROLL/IGC/3 GG
With thanks to the Ida Carroll Trust
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.