In Case of Any News

On 3 October 2018, Kenneth Roy, Scottish journalist and author, announced in the online magazine, Scottish Review, that he was dying of cancer: I am on the last bus now, he wrote, front row nearest the driver, and heading for the terminus. And hoping all the traffic lights are at red… The following day Kenneth did what came naturally to him: he started writing from his hospital bed and soon found that he was keeping this diary. It charts not just the relentless course of his illness, but his reflections on life and death, the comings and goings of the intimate circle of visitors around him, and his deep and warm appreciation of the NHS team looking after him. Sadly, all the lights were at green and Kenneth died just over a month later, leaving behind this, his final book. It is profoundly moving, at times funny, and always insightful and astonishingly honest.