Rumpole and the Primrose Path and wife duo Timothy West and Prunella Scales. The additional stories were: Rumpole and the Primrose Path Rumpole and the Primrose Path is a light hearted legal comedy, one of six short stories in an anthology by writer John Mortimer. It is the 12th in a series based in part on his own past experiences as a barrister but also notable for their use of themes topical at the time each was published. It begins with the eponymous hero marooned in a nursing home where he feels some shady business is going on. It was later the first episode in
Hilary Bailey called "Miles and Flora", which takes place some time after the original and resurrects one of the main characters. Bailey edited volumes 7–10 of the "New Worlds Quarterly" series, and was coauthor of "The Black Corridor" (1969) with Michael Moorcock, to whom she was married from 1962 to 1978. She was editing "North Sea Island", the sequel to her book "Fifty-First State", when her heart stopped. Bailey had three children, Sophie, Kate and Max and three grandchildren Alex, Tom and Bobby. Hilary Bailey Hilary Bailey (19 September 1936 – 19 January 2017) was a British writer, critic and editor. Bailey