I’ve been on that bus a few times now – it counts down to Dagenham and then says you’ve arrived, even if you are heading through the City. I’m sure it will become popular with psychogeographers.

I remember seeing him talk about and read some of his concrete poems in 2007 at the Small Publishers Fair. He said he had 11 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren but seemed very sprightly. When he talked about the Bauhaus it felt like a direct connection to a long ago world.

Yes - was a nine year old in Brighton at the time. Deep drifts like vermillion sands. Well maybe not, but quite a few in the back garden. Also flying ants, or maybe that was another year.