"Sunday afternoon is for papers and writing." — Nicholas Haslam

I rent a Jacobean-fronted hunting lodge in Hampshire from the National Trust and like to go there as much as possible. I've grown to love it so much, especially when writing my memoirs there at weekends.

Often it's a lack of time, not taste, that leads someone to hire a decorator. A good decorator/client relationship should be like a marriage. The time one puts in needs to be extensive. One needs to listen to them and understand what they like and how they live.

It's rude to not try and look up-to-date. Is rude the right word? Yes! It's rude - rude to other people.

I don't really do a big Saturday supper. I prefer entertaining in the daytime.

I could care less if it's Mick Jagger or the man on the street. I just like interesting people, and I happen to know a lot of stars.

I'm hopeless at telling lies. I can attempt strategic ones in order not to hurt people's feelings, but then I'll blow it 10 minutes later.

I don't do nostalgia. The phrase 'the good old days' never passes my lips.

I'm about love.

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Sunday afternoon is for papers and writing.