The Naked Civil Servant (book) he faced by refusing to hide his homosexuality and flamboyant lifestyle during a time when such behaviour was criminalized in the United Kingdom. Crisp also recalls his various jobs including book designer, nude model, and prostitute. The title derives from Crisp's quip about being an art model: employed by schools, models are ultimately paid by the Department for Education. They are essentially civil employees who are naked during office hours. The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant is the 1968 autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp, adapted into a 1975 film of the same name starring John
Patrick Shea (civil servant) the enemy, we were lost souls"". Shea was given an OBE in 1961 and CB 1972. He was made an Honorary member of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects in 1971 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1977. He was a long-time member of the Ulster Arts Club. He married Eithne McHugh (d. 2000) in September 1941 and they had a daughter and two sons. Patrick Shea (civil servant) Patrick Shea CB, OBE, FRSA (27 April 1908 – 1986) was a Northern Irish civil servant and the first Roman Catholic since A. N. Bonaparte-Wyse in the