I was very saddened to hear of David’s passing. We were at the RVC together from ’83-’88 back when he was ‘Dave’. Since then Clive, Paul and I would often meet up with Davd for a loud, blaring, punk rock gig in Norwich or London, usually SLF or The Damned. Sadly, this was curtailed by covid lockdowns.

I will always remember David’s drive and outgoing nature. He seemed to know everybody and was a great networker. He was very open about his mental health problems and his openness and pioneering academic work is partly responsible for the current emphasis of this matter by the profession. I’m sure this has helped and will help many within the profession in the future.

David will be sadly missed by the many that his life and work touched.