But the heart of the book is the story of how this full-blown late Romantic grew up in semi-detached suburbia by the River Thames during the second world war, and set out from there in search of a rainbow that turned out to be made of celluloid.

ECONOMIST: Film autobiography

It is part of the eighth Thames River Festival, which is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of people this weekend.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | London | Rowers test mettle on the Thames

It is part of the Thames River Festival taking place this weekend.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | London | Rowers test mettle on the Thames