It's this photo if you missed it, savaging the East Wing to make a vanity ballroom.

PS: the last time I was a guest speaker of the Royal Geographical Society, I accidentally told an untruth which has haunted me for 20 years. I will endeavor not to repeat that this time.

So I’ve written the story down now, but it’s too long to fit on a blue sky post. Maybe I finally have a reason to join Substack