The case of Michael Peppiatt is a curious one. He first met Francis Bacon when he was an undergraduate at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and visited Bacon for a student magazine. Something clicked and Bacon became his sugar daddy, immediately and for ever, though Peppiatt has said that no sex was involved.
Duncan Fallowell
More scenes from my life with Francis Bacon
Michael Peppiatt reveals yet more about his friendship with Francis Bacon— and the lavish apartments and entertainment on offer in 1970s Paris

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