Astragal called housing guru John Calcutt earlier this week for a chat. The phone rang a couple of times before being answered by a chap with a plummy Radio 4 voice. 'Hello John' said Astragal, convinced he had his man. Well, you could have knocked Astragal down with a feather when the voice replied: 'Oh no, I'm the gardener, John is in France and won't be back for a week. "The gardener! In Astragal's day gardeners remained in the garden. Astragal wonders how many other cut-glass accented domestic servants are swanning round the Calcutt pile while the lord of the manor is out tanning himself.
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