Jim Haynes

James Haynes (10 November 1933 – 6 January 2021) was a British sociologist and writer. He was a former figure in the British "underground" and alternative/counter-culture scene of the 1960s. He was the founder of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre, the paper International Times and the London Arts Lab in Drury Lane.

Haynes (centre) on TV discussion programme After Dark in 1988, with Andrea Dworkin and host Anthony Clare

Haynes died on 6 January 2021 at his home in Paris, aged 87.