So I’m in lockdown, reading Rake’s Progress: My Political Midlife Crisis. The book where Rachel Johnson details her car-crash attempt to stand for Change UK in the 2019 Euro elections (the anti-Brexit party whose performance was the cringeequivalent of Warren Beatty announcing the wrong winner at the Oscars). (2017 but, for your sake, don’t YouTube it.)
And I’m laughing out loud.
Particularly at the bit where she’s playing tennis with David Cameron, listening to his things-you’d never-say infront-of-your-granny list of swear-words whenever he muffs a shot. (To give you a flavor, “fat bugger” is at the v. acceptable end.)
And particularly at the bit, towards the end, when she confesses to Cameron – at a v. posh but v. noisy party in Regent’s Park– that she’s including a detailed list of his swear words, and he has a Prince Andrewtype panic. “I don’t want people to think I sweat!” he mishears.
And I think: This would make a great interview.
“Katie, any time!” Rachel Johnson emails back.
Then there’s radio-silence.
Disaster.
I drag out my conspiracy theories.
1. Has she been banned from speaking?
(Not least by Ann Widdecombe, who appears as a walk-on: “There are some people who you can’t help liking – loving –even though you dislike their politics. Ann Widdecombe is not one of them.”)
This seems both very impossible and highly unlikely.
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Gloucestershire After The War
Discovering the county’s Arts and Crafts memorials of the First World War
THE WILD SIDE OF Moreton-in-Marsh
The days are getting shorter but there’s plenty of reasons to be cheerful, says Sue Bradley, who discovers how a Cotswolds town is becoming more wildlife-friendly and pots up some bulbs for an insect-friendly spring display
Mr Ashbee would approve
In the true spirit of the Arts & Crafts Movement, creativity has kept the Chipping Campden community ticking over during lockdown
The Cotswolds at war
These might be peaceful hills and vales, but our contribution to the war effort was considerable
Trust in good, local food
‘I’ve been following The Country Food Trust’s activities with admiration since it was founded’
Why Cath is an open book
Cath Kidston has opened up almost every nook and cranny of her Cotswold idyll in a new book, A Place Called Home. Katie Jarvis spoke to Cath ahead of her appearance at this year’s Stroud Book Festival STROUD BOOK FESTIVAL – THIS YEAR FREE AND ONLINE: NOVEMBER 4-8
From the Cotswolds to the world
Most people know that the Cotswolds have featured in a fair few Hollywood movies and TV series.
The Wild Hunt
In search of the legendary King Herla in the Malvern Hills
Fighting spirit amid the flowers
Tracy Spiers visits Warwick, a beautiful town that is open for business and ready to welcome visitors
Final journey
Cheltenham author and volunteer on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR), Nicolas Wheatley, recounts the fascinating story of funeral trains