The Department

On one side, against a grey background, are the words: 'A very interesting book... a very important contribution to this whole debate' - Sir Stephen Timms, minister for social security and disability. On the other side, on white against a red background, are the words: 'The Department. How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence. plutobooks.com.'

Roy Curtis/Ayman Habayeb

All pictures copyright the family of Roy Curtis/Ayman Habayeb, or John Pring/DNS

Roy Curtis, with long, curly hair, holding an ice-cream, wearing a hat and standing on a tree stump in the middle of a park
Roy Curtis/Ayman Habayeb
Roy/Ayman and his mother, Anabela, smiling while standing on a bridge over a river
Roy/Ayman and his mum, Anabela
A letter from Maximus to Roy/Ayman, on which he has scrawled the words 'THIS IS WHERE MY NIGHTMARE BEGAN' in red ink
One of the notes Roy/Ayman scrawled on his letters from Maximus and DWP
A modern-looking four-storey block of flats, partly painted white, with the ground floor in light brown brick
The block of flats in Milton Keynes where Roy/Ayman was living when he took his own life.