Over the years, Richard’s interest in Walberswick’s history and, in particular, the artists who lived and painted there developed into something of an obsession, which culminated in a definitive book on the subject, Artists at Walberswick: East Anglian Interludes 1880-2000. He wrote and contributed to other books on local art history and was the consultant of choice to a number of authors writing on the subject, including Ian Collins, Geoffrey Munn and Esther Freud. He was a keen and active member of the Walberswick Local History Group and the chief custodian, champion and expert on the Walberswick Scroll. Meanwhile, Richard was painting and exhibiting, designing and building the Centaur Mk22 road car in the Samphire Cottage garage, and researching village social history. In spite of declining health, Richard’s annual Christmas open house party became a fixture on the Walberswick social calendar.
