 He was also closely associated with Gerard Hoffnung and organized many of Hoffnung's concerts until the latter's death in 1959; he performed a comic duet from "The Barber of Darmstadt" with Owen Brannigan at the 1961 Hoffnung Festival.As a critic, Amis often came across contemporaries including Neville Cardus ("Manchester Guardian"), Frank Howes ("The Times"), Scott Goddard ("News Chronicle") and Richard Capell ("Telegraph").Amis wrote a number of books, on his own Amiscellany imprint, with titles including "My Music in London