Wednesday 6 May 2024
Danny Howell writes:
I am currently reading Through Wood And Dale, Diaries, 1975-1978 by James Lees-Milne, published by John Murray (1998). I have reached page 60, where Mr. Lees-Milne mentions how flattered he is when young people want to confide in him and share their troubles.
He concludes his diary entry for Monday 10th November 1975 with: “That sweet girl Diana Keith Neal [daughter of W. Keith Neal, collector of guns] told me all her tribulations the other evening when she cooked me eggs, about her lover who is a rich playboy living abroad for tax reasons, won’t stick at any work, is quickly bored, and desperately attractive.”
Lees-Milne kind advice to Diana was to “Drop him at once!”