Pieces of Eight

Yvonne Neville was born in Rangoon, Burma, where her father had rice mills. She spent most of her working life in medical research and lectured in Gerontology. During an eight-year gap, she and her husband Robin ran a country inn which they bought when he was made redundant. A life-long lover of classical music she also enjoys craftwork, designing, writing and drawing, gives talks on a variety of subjects and has six great grandchildren to keep her on her toes.