at The Wolseley - delicious - Jane and I have been friends for 30 years; she's still the best columnist in Britain and a lovely lady.

Incidentally I had a terrific avocado vinaigrette and a marvellous risotto; Jane had a mouth watering chicory salad and the dish of the day; scrumptious roast pork with crisp crackling.

I had Sheppard's Pie followed by white chocolate & cranberry sponge.

At Charterhouse, PH, we were taught to spell that Shepherd's!

At Charterhouse JK there was probably a Shepherd in it!

JK2006 wrote:
At Charterhouse, PH, we were taught to spell that Shepherd's!

haha I didn't know I'd done that. Damn typos!

Does Jane Moore speak normally in person? On TV she moves her lips so little she resembles a ventriloquist who's mislaid her dummy.

Prunella Minge wrote:
she moves her lips so little she resembles a ventriloquist who's mislaid her dummy.

A vento with no mate/dummy can move his/her lips without any constraints.

Mary wrote:
Prunella Minge wrote:
she moves her lips so little she resembles a ventriloquist who's mislaid her dummy.

A vento with no mate/dummy can move his/her lips without any constraints.



That's wonderfully obtuse, thank you!

The divine Miss M has no problems communicating - we spend hours chatting and every time say it's only the tip of the iceberg of stuff we have to tell each other! About 15 years ago she fell in love with one of my best friends and they got married so our nostagia is boundless.

She should write for a better paper.

Funnily enough a lot of our chat was about how wonderful The Sun was to work for - when I was there the subs were magnificent and Jane says they still are. Although I think it's gone off, it's still way better than Mirror, Star etc. My personal paper of choice is the Guardian but the Mail is the best (and nastiest) paper in Britain and the Sun is definitely Top 3.

Also Pru - I think their Something For The Weekend Friday supplement is the best entertainment section around.

The Mail on Sunday I sometimes purchase purely for their supplements and literary reviews which are very good...the rest of their pro Royal and right wing diatribe I tend to ignore. Peter Hitchens I cannot abide.

Hitchens nearly ran me over on his bike last week!

Having lost family at the Hillsborough tragedy I resent the paper even existing.

I'm not sure it's fair to blame a paper for one Editor's extraordinary mistake; I actually think it was a ghastly decision to fold the News of the World; I remember when Nick Lloyd turned it into a halfway decent paper.

JK2006 wrote:
Hitchens nearly ran me over on his bike last week!

What a terrible way to die!!

Yesterday I got to The Wolseley early for my lunch with Jane - there were several people I knew there and, both going in and coming out, many wished me well, expressed support and greeted me. So today I pick up my Mail and read Richard Kay's Diary... "Yesterday at lunch in the Wolseley..." Oh God, I thought, we'd been spotted. No, it was just a puff piece for Pippa Middleton. I didn't even see her there (wouldn't have recognised her if I had). Did notice A A Gill.

JK2006 wrote:
I'm not sure it's fair to blame a paper for one Editor's extraordinary mistake

Well, as Elton said, sorry seems to be the hardest word.