...Those of similar age to Paul who lived through the 50s and 60s in Britain will find Journal a fascinating reminder of the social life and concerns of the period: the constant fear of nuclear war, racial prejudice against black people, the arguments about the abolition of capital punishment, and so on. Like many art students, Paul was radical: she supported CND and sexual liberation, she dated black men and befriended homosexuals. Younger readers may also be amused by the quaintness of the past. Not only was Paul once ordered by an art school tutor to cut her hair (it was shoulder length) but she was also ejected from a café because her knees were exposed! Visiting the Labour Exchange in St Ives, Paul records that the officials disliked artists intensely and thought they had 'defiled' the fishing port. Normally what gets published and read are the journals and biographies of people who are famous for their achievements in some sphere or other. Paul's Journal demonstrates that anyone's lived experience - if recorded with truth, perception and insight - can be of value and interest to others. I for one would like to learn more about her life since the final entries in Journal which record the news of the killing of President Kennedy in November 1963. From a review by John A Walker, Writer and Reader in Art and Design History at Middlesex University, for ART MONTHLY.