The State Opening of Parliament today was scaled back because of Covid. Her Majesty as ever was a class-act; an old trouper at a familiar gig – her 67th performance.
PG Wodehouse was not one of the hard-faced men who did well out of the war. The men that Evelyn Waugh’s Basil Seal wanted to emulate in Put Out More Flags.
“A 2 storey house of mid-c19 appearance. 7 bay front with die; keystones over windows; balustraded enclosed porch.” (Burke’s Guide to Country Houses, Mark Bence-Jones)