The aristocrat, when he wants to, has very good manners. The Scottish upper classes, in particular, have that shell-shocked look that probably comes from banging their heads on low beams leaping to their feet whenever a woman comes into the room. Aristocrats are also deeply male chauvinist, and ... on the whole they tend to be reactionary.

The aristocrat, when he wants to, has very good manners. The Scottish upper classes, in particular, have that shell-shocked look that probably comes from banging their heads on low beams leaping to their feet whenever a woman comes into the room. Aristocrats are also deeply male chauvinist, and ... on the whole they tend to be reactionary.

I'm not wild about holidays. They always seem a ludicrously expensive way of proving there's no place like home.

Although it is the biggest time-waster in office life, you must never underrate the importance of the memo. You will be judged by the volume of your paper work.

There is something infinitely dingy about the word workshop. Pray that England doesn't become a nation of workshopkeepers.

Leo, sadly, has Parkinsons, but he used to cook all sorts of dazzling things.

I wrote my earliest piece for The Sunday Times about being a young wife.