Who Won the War? There are two pleasures on Sunday morning: not reading the Sunday papers, and reading The Spectator.
Hatch and Dispatch Some myths become facts; one is that Prince Philip was born on a kitchen table in Corfu.
The Best of the Best If I were a guest on Desert Island Discs (unlikely) I’d choose Burke’s or Debrett’s as my book. It would be fun drawing family trees in the sand.
March Gleanings Rather more PG Wodehouse content in March as I have been helping prepare back numbers of Wooster Sauce for publication on the Society’s website.
Sir John Lillie John Scott Lillie was born in 1790 at Drumdoe Castle in Co Roscommon. Little Lillie grew up to be a great man.
Black and Tan Wing Commander Gibson ,VC, DSO and bar, DFC and bar was the bravest of the brave. He died flying a Mosquito on a raid to Bremen in September 1944 aged twenty-six.
Chunky Chips I very much enjoyed Chips Channon’s Diaries, the 1967 edition. I was aware it was incomplete out of respect for people still alive.
A Mad World This townhouse, on the Upper East Side, is said to be the largest single-family home in New York.