It seemed a shame to hear that the Daily Mail had taken down from its site a rather fetching photograph of my former boss, Max Hastings, who now spends his time pottering about the garden of his Home Counties cottage.The news came from a recently acquired electronic penfriend who, suspecting the photograph's likely fate, had taken care to save a copy, which Salut! is happy to share.
Sir Max always came across as the sort of country-loving chap who would do his best to find work for local folk, so it is good to see that he has hired an extra hand for his labours.At first, my correspondent appeared to be mistaken, since I had no difficulty locating the original article, complete with the same photo you see here but larger, and capable of being enlarged again.
Visitors to Salut! yesterday will recall that I pointed them in the direction of the Mail site, where they could get a better look at the extra body part (for some people, being 6ft 5ins is clearly not enough) and also read all about the sweet pea named after our hero.
Sadly, and doubtless amid much finger pointing and fist shaking, the Mail belatedly got a grip and airbrushed Sir Max's third hand out of sight. So go to this link only if you need to know about the sweet peas.
But while the hand may have wandered out of general view, let us preserve its memory here in the picture above.
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