Hooton’s (2)
I have done a post about Hooton’s Homegrown Farm Shop only once before in spite of the fact that it has been a staple of our life in Anglesey ever since it opened in 1998 – it seems longer. We managed to stock up there just before lockdown and today I arrived just in time…
Jeffrey Archer
A footnote to the many obituaries of Jeffrey Archer. He used to come to events at the National Portrait Gallery a lot while I was there and, indeed, bought a work from the artist Stuart Pearson Wright when it was exhibited as part of the BP Portrait Award in 1999 (I see from his obituaries…
Rob Perkins
Rob Perkins came into my life by way of Daphne Astor, who he had known somehow in Boston; but then Daphne knew everyone. It turned out later that he had overstayed his welcome in Cambridgeshire, so Daphne had recommended he come and visit us. I think his father had been a banker in Boston, he…
