Old Colleague Found

Blimey, was just reading about Ballard, when I discovered someone I knew years ago had been his 'muse'. I first met Claire Walsh as a friend of a friend who came to stay with us in Algiers when I was very young. About 20 years later, I recognised her as a candidate when I was interviewing staff and she worked for me for a bit in the NHS when I was running a Community Health Council. I knew she knew Michael Moorcock - but had no idea about her relationship with J.G. Ballard. When she left, a friend of hers replaced her in my office for a couple of years. Small world eh?