The prospect of remaining in Wiltshire for the four-day Jubilee celebrations was denied me at a stroke by the arrival of a pamphlet through the cottage letter box.
Sterner critics might accuse me of lacking community spirit. I confess I had been dreading being asked to help with car-parking or paint the backdrop for the Make Your Own Crown competition booth – ‘We thought of you Giles, because you’re an artist.’
Where this lack of communal spirit comes from my analyst and
