Robin Bynoe began collecting Carel Weight’s art in 1982, which precipitated a great friendship that was to span the next fifteen years. Acclaimed for his portraits, and his sometimes sinister, often humorous depictions of modern life, this book gives depth to the way Weight is often bracketed off as an English eccentric narrative painter. Bynoe writes that ‘Weight’s conversation style was anecdotal: if you asked him about someone, he would tell you stories about them.’ So it is with this book, a tribute to their friendship – spare and elegant but also conversational, replete with excellent recollections about Weight himself, his work and his idiosyncratic observations.