Delighted all went well and that Breezy behaved himself. Perhaps he was feeling a bit under the weather.

I didn't like to comment on your T shirt last Thursday. I thought it might be in rather bad taste as it was the day the National Gallery announced it had just shelled out £35 million for an Italian painting.

On the subject of recovering lost marbles, Breezy comes a long way behind Melina Mercouri when it comes to hijacks. Next time we meet I 'll have to tell you about the time she, and half the world's press, "unexpectedly" turned up for a photo opportunity in the middle of a 'premiere' at the Herodes Atticus theatre on the side of the Acropolis.

It was a peculiarly Greek half hour of glorious and hilarious chaos, but she made her point superbly, very publicly, and in the company of some athletic men wearing little more than a few feathers. The woman had some style.

SM