Gyles Brandreth

Second floor, interconnecting children's rooms, bathroom, laundry room, etc.

Then up a tiny flight of stairs to the two rooms in the attic for the nanny.

It's all very Mr and Mrs Darling.

And from Bennett's bedroom, you'll get a fine view right up the street to the church at the top of Camden Hill.

It was.

It was lucky.

Gosh, I have been lucky in my life.

But it comes at a price.

Listen to this next paragraph.

We have stretched ourselves to capacity and beyond.

We are selling Goodwood Court.

That was a small flat we'd bought as an investment property.

Irene Josephi, that's my agent, has advanced me £2,000 and I've squeezed every penny I legitimately can out of Simon Clarke Productions.

They were the people who were putting money into the new Oxford Theatre Festival.

When we were looking for our first place five years ago, everything that we saw then and wanted was just one step higher up the ladder than we could afford.

Same again.

So we're living beyond our means.

But with a bit of luck, our means will catch up.

And this is a house for life.

Tuesday, the 6th of April, 1976.