The Oldie

The new woman in my life

I am not planning an affair but if I were, I'd have Hannah Rothschild in my sights.

She is brilliant (the first female chair of the National Gallery). She is beautiful (the evidence is there on Google). She is witty (her novels have been compared to those of Evelyn Waugh, Nancy Mitford and Jane Austen). She is generous (her philanthropy has brought her a welldeserved CBE).

And she is only 14 years my junior, which is just about respectable (isn't it?) when you are in your seventh

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