...Menlove's personal life also caused him great pains. He was a homosexual at a time when homosexuality was a criminal act in Britain, and he was morally opposed to World War II and registered as a conscientious objector in a country suffering from daily bombing and the imminent threat of Nazi invasion.
Neither of these facets of Menlove's character was easily accepted by his peers or society in general. The cumulative effect of isolation and depression over his professional and social lives took their toll:...