This is the latest and it sounds like Brett, who is currently in prison, is now getting the medical treatment he needs:
30th March 2012
I visited Brett in Wormwood Scrubs this morning and although it took some time for me to get used to his new heavily bearded appearance I was greatly relieved to find him in far better spirits than when we last spoke.
He is receiving nearly all his medication and lacking only one particular tranquiliser but I’ll do what I can to sort this out.
Brett now has his own cell and is producing a huge quantity of writing including work on his novel and many songs and poems.
He has asked me to remind people that the Johnny Nemo collection will be published next year!
We had a typically amazing Brett Ewins conversation for an hour and ranged over Buddhism in Thailand, adventures in Iceland, the art of Edward Lear, the “Black Freighter” pirate comics of the late 1950s/early 1960s, Henry Thoreau, standards of food available in Hanwell pubs and I almost missed the bombshell that Brett is engaged to marry a world famous singer/performer later this year.
More details of Brett’s betrothed to follow!
Brett is pinning his hopes on a bail hearing due within a fortnight and he is very hopeful that he will be allowed home then.
His lyrical description of his longing to walk a country lane and look at the sky proved to me that Brett is not only one of the finest British artists of all time but a Writer of striking beauty and originality.
He is working on a spy novel and I can’t wait to read it!
People who know Brett well will be interested to hear that he now has a full luxuriant white beard but is very thin and still has to use his walking cane.
He is currently reading all of Louis Theroux and his mind is as sharp as ever on detail.
At one stage we were talking about Spike Milligan and I mentioned that he used to live in Orme Court off the Bayswater Road. Brett gave the exact address and told me that he used to write to Spike when he was a student at Drayton Manor !
Brett is smoking “to pass the time” and I was told that I could bring in a Postal Order for him to buy some tobacco but that it had to be made out to the Governor.
When I arrived I was told that I had to post in the order – even though I was actually in the prison at the time!
If anyone is planning to send anything I strongly suggest that you look at the Wormwood Scrubs website for details of what may and may not be sent.
I am very grateful to “mighty emperor” for posting this information and sparing me having to write to the scores of Brett’s admirers who have contacted me.
I’ve known Brett as a neighbour and a constituent for 25 years and I will continue to do all that I can to help at this time.
The prisons minister, Crispin Blunt, is very much aware of the situation and the governor at the Scrubs has received many a message urging better treatment for Brett.
The very considerable improvement in the medical treatment may well reflect these sources of pressure!
I’ll try to update you on the bail hearing as soon as possible.
Steve Pound MP,
Ealing North.
This is the most encouraging report we've had on Brett's status to date. We wish him well and hope he is released soon.
