Editing Daniel Farson (section)

==1970s to 1990s==
Farson remained a prolific author and produced several volumes of memoirs.  ''Soho in the Fifties'' (1987) recalled his participation in the "Bohemia" of Soho.  ''Limehouse Days'' (1991) recalled his disastrous East End pub venture.  These and other books were illustrated with his own photographs.

In 1972, Farson authored ''Jack the Ripper'' which proposed the [[Montague John Druitt]] as a suspect.<ref>[https://www.casebook.org/ripper_media/book_reviews/non-fiction/farsonbk.html "Jack the Ripper"]. casebook.org. Retrieved 22 August 2023.</ref> He wrote a number of studies of artists and authors. ''The Man Who Wrote Dracula'' (1975) is a biography of his grand-uncle, [[Bram Stoker]].  While living at his father's old house in North Devon Farson established a close friendship with the writer [[Henry Williamson]], an Agrarian Right ally of James Wentworth Day), and later he paid tribute to Williamson with a book, ''Henry: An Appreciation of Henry Williamson'' published in 1982, five years after Williamson's death. ''Sacred Monsters'' (1988) is a collection of essays on artists and writers he had known.

Farson also wrote the authorised biography of his friend the painter [[Francis Bacon (painter)|Francis Bacon]], ''The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon'' (1994). At Bacon's insistence it was not published until after the artist's death. The 1998 film ''[[Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon]]'' starring [[Derek Jacobi]] and [[Daniel Craig]] draws heavily on the book, showing Farson (played by [[Adrian Scarborough]]) socialising with Bacon, as well as interviewing him on television. The film is dedicated to Farson's memory.

His last book was a "portrait" of the artists [[Gilbert and George]], published posthumously in 1999. He had already, in 1991, published an informal account of a trip he took with them to Moscow.

Farson devised the Channel 4 art quiz ''Gallery'', and he worked as TV critic and, later, art critic for ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]''.
 
He also wrote travel books, including ''A Traveller in Turkey'', ''The Independent Traveller's guide to Turkey'' and ''A Dry Ship to the Mountains (Down the Volga and Across the Caucasus in My Father's Footsteps)'', the book version of the children's TV series ''[[The Clifton House Mystery]]'' (produced by [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]] West for ITV in 1978), and an appreciation of [[Marie Lloyd]] and music hall.