At the age of 17, in 2001, Cauchi was diagnosed with schizophrenia and soon started taking medication for his condition.
And newly uncovered photos, lost in a drawer for decades, show the Welsh poet heeding his own words as he wrecked an employer's office after finding out they had no pay for him.Thomas had a job making wartime documentaries for Strand Film Company in London in 1942 when a photographer captured him waiting to collect a cheque.
When no money was forthcoming, he can then be seen breaking up the furniture like a spoiled rock star in the series of never-before published photos.A quick-thinking Strand receptionist told the photographer to document Thomas's outburst then tucked the evidence away, said Jeff Towns, a Dylan Thomas expert and author.He bought the photos and got the back story from the receptionist's daughter, telling
he believed Thomas's violent tantrum was the result of him being desperate for money."There's one picture of him looking immaculate [with a] big smile," he said.
"No cheque and he's pulling the desk apart like a rock and roller throwing a TV out the window."
The photos and story appear in Towns' new book, the Wilder Shores of Dylan Thomas.Perhaps the most corrosive effect of all is yet another wild card being thrown into an already unpredictable game of international trade stand-off.
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