I’m Monty

My mother-in-law used to call me Freddie Widgeon, sort of flatteringly.

No FT …

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the FTWeekend to fit through my letterbox.

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.

Mr Silly

Sometimes I’m very silly. Friends came for a rather chilly lunch in the garden last weekend and one dropped something.

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Sister Teresa

Sister Teresa (Keswick) was deputy chief clerk for the Inner London Magistrates’ Courts until she was admitted to a Carmelite monastery in Quidenham, Norfolk thirty-seven years ago.

Gardening, from Eton to Paradise

My grandmother Jeanie Bellew (1890 – 1973) was an excellent fisherman until she went to live at Barmeath when she turned her attention to gardening. Heather Muir, who created the garden at Kiftsgate, named this viola after her friend and neighbour.