half-hour spoof arts documentary, a meditation on fame and fandom titled Every Time I Cross the Tamar I Get into Trouble. Screened by Channel Four in its Without Walls slot, the BFI film database characterises the film thus: "An account of Heathcote William's work, and Al Pacino's obsession with his writing. Includes an interview with Harold Pinter and footage from Pacino's film The Local Stigmatic." The half-hour film was presented by the comedian and musician John Dowie, an avid collector of Williams memorabilia. Personal life Williams's personal life was always turbulent. An affair with the model Jean Shrimpton resulted in the writer setting himself alight on her doorstep. Whether this was intentional or the upshot of a magic stunt gone wrongWilliams at the time was an ardent fire-eateris unknown. Although at the time, it was assumed Shrimpton had ended the relationship, in her autobiography published in the early 1990s, Shrimpton asserted that it was Williams who walked out on her. Williams had a son, Charlie, born in 1989, from a relationship with novelist and journalist Polly Samson. In 1994 Samson married Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, who became Charlie's adoptive father. Williams and Samson had become involved with each other during the publication of Whale Nation, which Samson publicised and succeeded in turning into a best-selling volume despite its author's reluctance to promote his work (see §Poetry). Williams lived in Oxford with longterm partner Diana Senior. They had two daughters and three grandchildren. Illness and death Williams died on 1 July 2017 in Oxford, of kidney failure after a long stay in hospital for a chest infection. See also Autogeddon, an album by Julian Cope "inspired by Heathcote Williams' epic poem of the same name..." References Further reading Whale Nation, London, Jonathan Cape; New York, Harmony Books, 1988. Sacred Elephant, London, Jonathan Cape; New York, Harmony Books, 1989. Falling for a Dolphin, London, Jonathan Cape, 1990. Autogeddon, London, Jonathan Cape; New York, Arcade, 1991. External links List of stage works on doollee.com – The Playwrights' Database Film appearances; list of writings Mini-profile, The Independent, 15 August 1995 Comedian John Dowie on directing Whale Nation The Australian stage version of Autogeddon Webpage on Pacino's version of The Local Stigmatic Pacino speaks at length about The Local Stigmatic Zanzibar Cats, performed by Roy Hutchins (2011) Interview with Heathcote Williams in Herald Scotland, August 2011 Interview with Heathcote Williams in The Rebel, August