1 John Robert Fowles, aged thirteen
2 John and Gladys May Fowles at Stonehenge, c.1935
3 John with his sister Hazel and Sheila, the family dog
4 John in uniform, c.1944
5 John with vin et pain, Paris, 1948
6 John in Paris, 1948
7 1949 or early 1950s: ‘How I got a second at Oxford.’
8 The Anargyrios and Korgialeneios School, Spetsai, Greece
9 Members of staff of the Anargyrios School
10 John Fowles, headmaster Gerandopoulos, Denys Sharrocks, 1952
11 John in his room at the Anargyrios School, 1952
12 Monemvasia, 1952: ‘The beard begins.’
13 John with Elizabeth and Roy Christy, Spetsai
14 Anna, Roy and Elizabeth Christy and John Fowles, 1952
15 Elizabeth, Anna, Roy Christy and John with students of the Anargyrios School
16 Elizabeth and John, 1952
17 John and Elizabeth in Greece
18 John outside St Godric’s, Hampstead, c.1956
19 At 63 Fillebrook Avenue, Leigh-on-Sea, two days before Elizabeth Christy married John Fowles
20 Elizabeth and John, 28 Church Row, Hampstead
21 John at Church Row
22 John and Elizabeth
23 Elizabeth, John and ‘Podge’ Porter, en route to Northern France
24 John in Rome
25 Cheltenham Literary Festival, 1963: John Bayley, John Fowles, Iris Murdoch, J.B. Priestley, Anna Scott, Frederic Raphael, Gabriel Fielding
26 John and Elizabeth, Underhill Farm, Lyme Regis, Dorset
All photographs are from the collection of John Fowles and are reproduced by permission. Photograph no. 26 is by Terry Spencer.