The sad news of Asher's passing only reached me today, while sitting at a computer in the medical library of Leipzig University. The landlady at the Cretan address where I spend 6 months of the year sends mail when I am not there. She does this about monthly to wherever I am. Asher influenced me quite a lot, although in recent years he felt excluded by my growing interest in bio-medicine and genetics and diminishing interest in sociology. We did continue to share a love of cats and, as soon as someone explains to me how to make a donation to the cat charity electronically, I will do so. Kind regards from George Landers.