Career
Gardiner was a noted and well-connected literary figure, particularly in London in the years around Second World War, though very much in the tradition of the literary amateur. New Directions in Art & Writing was a series of anthologies published by Grey Walls Press, the first two of which were edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss. These are: Volume 1 (1943) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss - including a special 50-page surrealist section Volume 2 (1944) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss Volume 3 (1945) - Edited by Fred Murnau Volume 4 (1946) - Edited by Fred Murnau Volume 5 (1949) - Edited by Charles Wrey Gardiner.