Uncle Julian is on a busman’s holiday far away in the sun. Sarah, my PA, says that I should wear shorts and sandals in the evening “like all the other silks”. “Excuse me,” I replied, “I did not reach the magic height of 5ft at my prep school, thus entitling me to wear long trousers, only to revert to shorts 50 years later…and as to sandals...” Now to my questions...