The Times | The woman who wouldn't take no for an answer
8 July 2007 / The Times
Twenty years ago, Marjorie Wallace’s report on the mentally ill shocked Britain to the core. Today, this tireless campaigner for the neglected and forgotten asks: why is our mental-health system still in such a state?
Were you to see an elegant woman of a certain age in a smart London restaurant laughing at Establishment gossip with Lord Snowdon, you might take her for a socialite. If you saw her talking with the Prince of Wales at a party or joking with Sting, you could take her for an A-lister - she is, after all, a countess. Her portrait hangs in the National Gallery, and if you knew the names of her powerful friends, you would realise she is a formidable networker.
