 His book "The Aisle is Full of Noises" (Nick Hern Books, 1994), a diary of a year in the theatre, was withdrawn following complaints of potential libel from Milton Shulman; although, as reported in "The Times" of 21 September 1994, Coveney "thought the comments were in the spirit of the book.I rather regret that Milton, of whom I am actually rather fond, didn't take them in that spirit.