Clive Blackburn

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Clive Blackburn was Delia's partner for the last 21 years of her life and is the sole beneficiary of her estate.

The Mail on Sunday article is based on an 2005 interview with him and in 2008 he was interviewed by Breege Brennan for her Master's thesis and by Kara Blake for The Delian Mode film.

Quotes

She worked very hard to achieve the effect that she wanted," explains former partner Clive Blackburn, "she was a perfectionist and it was very hard to get her to stop work on a piece when she thought that it could still be improved, even though it sounded absolutely fine to other people.
   -- quoted in the Fibre-Optic Flowers article

External links

  • Clive provides a web site About Delia with biographical information, some photos and Delia's favourite poem