1 The beginning -- 2 My father and his family -- 3 My grandparents -- 4 My mother -- 5 My father's work -- 6 My parents together -- 7 My sister -- 8 The early years -- 9 The twenties -- 10 Clouds -- 11 Flight -- 12 Switzerland -- 13 An interlude - "fast forward" -- 14 To France -- 15 Paris - the beginning -- 16 Lycee Michelet -- 17 The Fizaines (and others) -- 18 Paris - the second year -- 19 To Nice -- 20 Our parents in London -- 21 The end of the Lycee de Nice -- 22 The promised land -- 23 Aldenham -- 24 The first year -- 25 1937 -- 26 1938-1939 -- 27 The final end of Nice -- 28 The phoney war: Cambridge -- 29 The real war starts -- 30 Internment -- 31 Reactions -- 32 The Isle of Man -- 33 Release -- 34 Another interlude - "fast forward" -- 35 The Blitz - back to Aldenham - the RAF -- 36 Air Crew Cadet -- 37 Wings -- 38 Learning to teach flying -- 39 Flying instructor back in Cambridge -- 40 Twin engines -- 41 Joining a Wellington crew -- 42 612 Squadron -- 43 The war in Europe ends -- 44 Demobilisation -- 45 Post-war Cambridge -- 46 1946 -- 47 1947 -- 48 Michele -- 49 Going to the Bar -- 50 My motlier leaves -- 51 My father's death -- 52 A postscript -- 53 Beginnings at the Bar -- 54 Marriage, etc -- 55 My mother in Germany -- 56 A painful family reunion -- 57 My mother's death -- 58 End of a generation -- 59 The second half -- 60 The Junior Bar -- 61 Silk -- 62 Some highlights -- 63 Towards the end of the Bar -- 64 The Bench? -- 65 Life as a Judge -- 66 Separation -- 67 The Law Commission -- 68 Diana -- 69 The Court of Appeal -- 70 Disappointments -- 71 A new profession -- 72 A resurrection