ABSTRACT
In 1950 the Swinglers move to Essex; their son Dan is born in 1951. They become good friends with Edward and Dorothy Thompson, allies against ‘Emilism’ inside the CP. Swingler writes The Dream of Llewellyn Ap Gruffydd for Alan Bush, The Harvest of Peace for Bernard Stevens, and A Rose for Lidice and A Canticle of Man for Alan Rawsthorne. Swingler and Hogarth visit Czechoslovakia. He founds the Geneva Club with John Berger. He visits Romania.
