Nellie was Patrick's mother and someone who would not be in debt. She saw a 3 piece suite that she wanted for her marital home, even though she was not yet married. She went to the shop and was ...

In Erik Satie: Three Piece Suite, a study of the avant-garde pianist, Ian Penman resists the urge to categorise Satie neatly, avoiding the reductive tendencies that often plague biographies.