The last time I saw John Kells (almost ten years to the day) he said to me:
'The one thing I need to work on is the one thing I can't.'
I asked what that was, and he replied:
'Humility.'

Well, the Tao eventually gave him no choice – a sign for me that he was truly blessed.

(Funeral: 10am 18 Jan at Gloucester Crematorium, GL4 4PA)