Charles Ritchie mentions that the railings surrounding Berkeley Square have been removed in the war. He correctly guesses the square will not return to being a private garden.
A first floor flat at 4 Glazbury Road was sold for £760,000 in 2018. Mr and Mrs S Pilling, who lived there when it was a house more than a century ago would be surprised.
Perhaps an antagonistic bull would buy this paperback if he were a bull in an airport bookshop. The publisher (Coronet) has packaged it to make it as unappealing as possible to a thoughtful reader.
Two Afghan wars in the 19th century are often quoted as a warning the Russians, then the US, UK and their allies and now perhaps China should have heeded.
I will go to look at the new memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales, but at first sight it does not appeal. Perhaps it will look better in the context of its garden setting outside Kensington Palace.